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rious Afpecls, fome rerembling a Hen's Fundament, and 

 fome (as is not uncommon to Exciefcences of that Kindy 

 having no diftin^^ Refemblance to any Thing in Nature j 

 but as they all agree in their Compaftnefs and Solidity, 

 whereby they have feldom any great Tendency to wafte,' 

 after they have once acquired fuch a Difpofuion ; the Me- 

 thod propos'd in this Intention may therefore be put in 

 Pradice, k> as rhey may be altogether rooted out ; and this 

 is to be done either by cutting or burning, or both, according 

 as different Circumftanccs may require. 



The Knife is the moll expeditious in all cafes where they 

 are loofe, and not firmly feated with a large Adhefion to the 

 Flefh, and when they lie off from the larger Veflels, applying 

 afterwards fome cicatrizing Medicine ; but this Method can- 

 not be obferv'd with refped to the whole, but only to thofe 

 which by Accident put forth in fuch a manner ; and therefore 

 burning Medicines, or the Fire itfelf, muft alfo be us'd. 

 7he Method of E^^ ^^ Ought carefully to be taken Notice 

 making caufiick of, that in all Cafes where Medicines are 

 Applications in to be apply'd, whofe immediate Operation 

 tht Farcin.. confifts in confuming the Parts to which they 



are laid ; if the Difeafe be univerfal, and fpread over divers 

 Parts of the Body at once, as that under our prefent Con- 

 iideration, thofe of the mildell Operation are firll to be 

 comply'd with ; and that they may the more eafily take 

 EfFed, the Parts ought either to be rubb'd till they become 

 ibmewhat raw, or be gently fcarrify'd with a Fleam. 



zdly. If Recourfe muft be had to more powerful Medi- 

 cines, or to the ufe of Fire, as is neceflary in obftinate Cafes; 

 and if there be a vaft Number of Excrefcences to be deftroy'd, 

 and thefe feated in divers parts of the Body, you ought not to 

 attack thefe all at once, but by degrees bring fome to Digef- 

 tion and Matter before you begin with others ; for the com- 

 municating too great a Heat to divers parts of the Body at 

 once, as muft happen from ftrong cauftick Medicines, or 

 adual P'ire, will either deftroy your Horfe,by throwing him 

 into violent and fudden Diforders, or at leaft create a bad 

 Difpofiiion, which, inftead of making a Cure, will render 

 him much worfe, as might be eafily demonftratcd. 



T,dly. The Situation of the Parts is alfo very much to 

 be regarded in this Intention, and all fuch harfli Applica- 

 tions ought to be gently and fparingly us'd to the Limbs 

 and dependent Parts, and likewife to the Sheath and other 

 foft Parts, to the Region ot the Heart and Kidneys, t^c. 

 and when they have been apply'd to thofe Parts, the Fire 



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