iS6 The FarrierV Keijj Guide. Ch. XLV. 

 CHAP. XLV. 



Of the Colt-Evily Shedding of the Seed, and 

 Mattering of the Tard. 



*ri' Colt Evil T* ^ ^ Colt-Evil is a continued Stiffnefs 

 * "*■ in a Horfe's Yard, and is fo called, be- 

 caufe it is a Difeafe incident to Colts, and is brought upon 

 them by having full Liberty with Mares, while they are 

 not able to cover them ; but the Difeafe which generally 

 goes under that Denomination in this Kingdom, is no 

 other than a Swelling of the Sheath. 



It may be eafily cur'd in the Beginning, only by Bathing 

 the Sheath with fome warm Fomentation made of emol- 

 lient Herbs, ts'^. as Mallows, Marfh-mallows, Wormwood, 

 Camomile, and the like, with the Mixture of Spirit of 

 Wine ; but if you find the Swelling pretty hard, and that 

 there are the Signs of Heat and Inflammation, he ought to 

 be both Bled andPurg'd, and his Yard ty'd up to his Belly, 

 making a Hole in the Bandage for the Paflage of his Water, 

 Sheddin of ^^^ fhedding of the Seed, if a Horfe hap^ 



Seed ' P^'^^ ^° ^^^^ ^"y ^"^^ Difeafe, may be eafily 



known by a Weaknefs and Debility } but that 

 which the Farriers bring under this Denomination, is but 

 fome Weaknefs of the Reins, occafion'd by a Strain or vio- 

 lent Exercife, or the Solution of a Cold, which is fome- 

 times follow'd by a Rurning at the Yard. 



But the Cure is the fame, whether it be Seed, or only 

 Matter from the Reins, and may be perform'd by once or 

 twice purging, and v . U'e of Turpentine Balls, as direded 

 in the j\.{d Chapter ; or iiie life of thofe llrengthening Me- 

 dicines we haveinferted in the preceedmg Chapter. 

 Matterinz of ^"^^ mattering of the Yard proceeds fome- 



the Yard. ^vccit% from the fharp frofi:y Air caufing an 



Ulceration, but chiefly when a Horfe has 

 hurt himfelf by being too eager in covering a Marc 3 for 

 as the Yard is of a loofe and fpongy Subftance, if it 

 therefore happens to be bruifed, it eafily becomes fore and 

 ulcerated ; and when the Skin is only fretted off from any 

 Part of it, from thence does ifllie a confiderable Difcharge 

 of Fetid Stinking Matter, and may be of ill Confequence, 

 if due Care be not taken, tho' at firll it may be cured by 

 liiceding onlv, and Lathing the Part wilh warm Spirit ofi 



Winc^ 



