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in all thofe Parts that are the weakefl:, or the moft depen- 

 dent ; and this may, no doubt, be the Reafon why Horfes 

 are more fuhjcdt to the Strangles, and other Impollumati- 

 ons, while they are Colts, than when they are grown up 

 to a more mature State. 



But tho' this may be the true Reafon of that Difeafe, 

 and therefore that it may require fome different, or, at 

 leafl:, fome acceiliuy Helps, which are not altogether need- 

 ful in common Biles and Inflammations, yet the Cure mult 

 be much the fame as to Univerliils. 



77' Cure "^"^ therefore, if the Swelling has a Ten- 



dency forwards between the Jaws (as is moll 

 common to Horfes, proceeding from the dependent Situa- 

 tion of their Head) fo that the Pallages of the Throat are 

 not in danger of being choak'd up by it, the fafeft Way is 

 to ripen it, and bring it to Suppuration, and for that End 

 the moft fimple eafy Methods may be firft put in Pradlice, 

 as anointing the Parts with Ointment of Marfh- mallows, 

 and covering them up warm. ; for Nature oftentimes gives 

 the greateft Alliftance in fuch DifeaJes. Or you may take 

 Oil of Bays and frefh Butter, of each a like Quantity, 

 Ointment of Marfli- mallows the Weight of both ; or the 

 Poultice in the preceeding Chapter may be apply'd warm 

 twice a Day. 



After the Swellings are ripe, and that you perceive Mat- 

 ter within them, but that they don't break, which perhaps 

 may be hinder'd by the thicknefs of the Skin, you may 

 open them with a Lancet ; but if they do not ripen as you 

 could wifli, you had better make Uli2 of a hot Iron, and 

 fear the Outlide pretty deep ; but whether you open them 

 by Incifion, or by the Application of the Iron, you muft 

 be fure to make your Operation in the lowermoft depen- 

 dent Part, for by that means the Matter will the more ea- 

 Jily run off; whereas if you open them in the upper Part, 

 if they happen to be large, you will have them conltantly 

 fiU'd with Corruption ; and alfo while you obferve this 

 Method, your Incifion need be but fmall, for the Matter 

 will find itfelf a Paflage through a very fmall Orifice, when 

 that happens to be rightly difpofed. 



As foon as the Matter has fully difcharg'd itfelf, you may 

 prefs out what remains gently with your Thumb, and then 

 make a Doflil of fine Flax, and when you have dipt it in 

 warm Bafilicon, which is the propereft Digellive in all fuch 

 Inientionsj you may introduce it into tiie Orifice, but not 



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