182 The FarrierV Ne'iv Guide. Ch.XLVIII. 



warm Tar once a Day, until the Scab falls off ; after which 

 a fmall quantity of Verdegreafe may be mixed with Tar, 

 or any other Digedive, to cleanle the Ulcers, to prevent a 

 frefh Growth of proud Flefh, which will be very apt to 

 arife after thofe fiery Applications, unlefs the Horfe be other- 

 wife in good Order. Whac is further neceflary, after 

 cauftick Applications, may be feen in that Chapter where 

 we have treated of Burns and Giin-fljot Wounds. 



Markhamhys^ the Farriers, his old Mafters, were wont to 

 take white Mercury, and after opening the Knots, they put 

 a fmall Qiiantity into each, which in a fhort Time made 

 them fall off ; but it ought to be very warily us'd, otherwi;e 

 it will caufe dangerous Swellings in the Limbs and Kernels 

 about the Throat, as in an Inftancel faw not long ago j but 

 this Caution is hardly neceflary to the Country Farriers, who 

 feldom call for it by the Name of Corrofive Sublimate^ as I 

 have taken notice feveral times, fo that the apothecaries give 

 them Mcrcurius dulcis inftead of it, which altho' it does not 

 form any thing like an Efcar, yet as they pepper them very 

 foundly with it, it is not always unattended with Succefs. 



The following is from Solleyfell\ he calls it the Ointment 

 of Naples, having had it communicated to him by a Neapo- 

 litan Groom, after he had feen many furprifing Cures per- 

 form'd by it j but altho' it has been us'd with Succefs in eve- 

 ry State of the Farcin, according to that Author, yet it is 

 more peculiarly adapted to deftroy Excrefcences, as it is 

 made up of Ingredients that are altogether cauftick, and 

 fomewhal ftronger than that which we have laft inferted. 



*' Take Realgar and Sublimate, of each two Ounces, 

 *' Arfenick and Euphorbium, of each an Ounce ; beat 

 ** them to fine Powder, and incorporate them without 

 " Heat with half a Pound of Oil of Bays. 



Keep the Ointment in a glaz'd Pot, and when you have 

 Occafion to ufe it, open the Knots or Swellings with a Lan- 

 cet, and put into the Hole a little Cotton dipt in this Oint- 

 ment, without heating it in the leaft. The next day, if 

 you perceive that it is fallen away, you mull put in a little 

 Cotton with fome frelh Ointment ; but if it flick, one 

 Application will fuflice. 



Thefe may be made ftrongcr or weaker, or according as 

 you mix them with a greater or lefler Qiiantity of Oint- 

 ment, and may be diverfify'd by clianging one Ingredient 

 for another, provided you keep a fufficient Qiiantity of 

 thofe that are cauftick. The Realgar is a Compoiitioa 



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