ATTEND IX. 359 



Take equal quantities of Vnguentum Jpoflolorum 

 and white Sublimate, and ipply it upon a Pled.p.itto 

 the Spavin, having firft call: the Horfe, 3nd open'd 

 and fcal d the Spavin with a (harp Inftrument • de- 

 fend the adjacent Parts, efpecially the Mdfter Vein^ 

 from the Corrofive, by applying dry Lint ; a.td take 

 care you do not touch the Matter-Vein when you lay 

 open the Spavin. Above the Corrofive lay a Plaijfter of 

 Pitch, Rofin, Turpentine and Hog's greafe, round about 

 the Hoof. After twenty four^Hoursopen it, and if 

 the Corrofive has nor fufficientlv confum'd it, apply a 

 frefh one. After that, di efs the Wound witha warm 

 Salve of Turpentine. Deers Suet, and Wax. 



To prevent a Swelling from running into a Spavin t 

 fhave away the Hair about it, and anoint it two or 

 three Days with Natural Bdfam *, and then lay on a 

 Charge made of three ounces of the Oil of Rofes, an ounce 

 of Bole- Armoniack, half w ounce oj Wheat- flower , and 

 the White of an Egg. 



Of the Blood-fpavin. 



TH E Blood or Wet-Spavin is a Swelling on the 

 Hoof, continually fupplied with Blood from 

 the Mafter-Vtin. 'Tis eafier cur'd than a Bone- Spavin* 

 The belt Remedy is this : Having Ihav'd off the 

 Hair, and taken up the Vein, letting it bleed as long 

 as it will, apply twice a Day a Cataplafm of Cow** 

 Dung and bruised Linfeed, as hot as it can be endur'd. 

 When this has ripen'd the Spavin, break it, and lay 

 on a Tlaifier of Pitch, which muft not be remdv'd 

 till it falls off of it felf. 



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