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nattily kept, and heals Wounds in Horfes, but not 

 without great Pain and Smarting. 'Tis a fort of 

 a^gyftiacum, of excellent Ufe for the healing of 

 foul Sores in the Feet, or any other Part of the 

 Horfe's Body. 'Tis ftronger than the Comtefs's 

 Ointment, but does not bind fo effe&ually • and 

 is not inferior to the belt z^gyptiacum, for clean- 

 ling Wounds and Sores, and confuming corrupt 

 Fleffi. 



The Countefs's Ointment, to heal and clofe up 

 the Sores occasioned, by Imfofihumes in the hairy 

 Fart of the foot. 



TAke half a EJint of Jqua-viu, and a Pound of 

 Honey, boil 'em over a very fmall Fire, in a 

 clean glaz'd Pot, ftirring 'em with a Slice till the 

 Honey be thoroughly heated and incorporated with 

 the Aqua-vit& \ then add Verdigreefe, Call, and Vene- 

 tian Borax, of each two Ounces, ftrain'd thro' a fine 

 Scarce, with two Ounces of white Vitriol beaten } 

 boil 'em all together over a gentle Fire, ftirring 'em 

 till they be well incorporated, and keep the Oint- 

 ment for Ufe, in the fame Pot, well cover'd. 



.Apply this Ointment cold on a little Cotton or 

 Flax*, and, above that, charge the whole Foot with 

 a white or black Reftringent : Thus the Sore will 

 be healed, and the Hoof fattened to the Skin, after 

 the firft or fecond Application. 



In this cafe, the main fcope of the Cure fhould be 

 to ftrengthen and bind the upper Parts, or to drive 

 the Matter downwards. This may be done by ap- 

 plying the Ointment above, with the Reftringent Charge 

 over it, and dreffing the Hole made in the Foot 

 with the Vulnerary Water, the burning Balfam, or 

 the Oil dc MervilU, or of Gabian* 



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