192 Tks Far R I ER 'j New Guides Chap. L. 



•U'hich are proper to difcufs and dillblve. But thofe Swel- 

 lings which are hot and inflani'd, ought to be ripen'd, un- 

 lets when they are feated where they may caufe too great a 

 Derivation of the Humours, as on the Sheath, Fundament, 

 Limbs and Throat, if^c. but yet if tbefe be malignant or 

 peftilential, it is better to run any other Hazard than not 

 bring them to Maturity ; wherefore the Medicines in this 

 Intention ought to be fuch as ripen, but at the fame time 

 are not over-powerful in drau'ing; and for thisPurpofe the 

 Reader may alfo confult ihofe Places where we have treat- 

 ed of the Bajiiud Strangles and (■''hes. Sec. 



When the Tumor is feated near the Interftices of fome 

 large Muicles, it ought to be opened fo foon as there is 

 Matter iorm'd within it, othervvife, if the Matter be de- 

 tained, it may feparate the Mufcles, and thereby form a 

 Lodgment for itfelf ; and the longer before it is opened, the 

 larger will be the Abfcefs. 



In the opening of Abfcefles, if they be fmall, a large 

 Orifice made in the dependent and lowermoft Part, with 

 the Afliftancc of good Bandage to keep thofe Parts clofe 

 together, will be fufficient to make a perfedt Cure ; but if 

 they happen to be large and deep, they ought then to be 

 laid open the whole Length, unlefs the Skin can be kept de- 

 prefs'd by the Application of Flax into the hollow Part ; 

 for fo long as there is any Lodgment for the Matter, the 

 Abfcefs will be conftantly fiU'd. The fame Method is to 

 be obferv^d, as near as poflible, with refpedl to thofe Tu- 

 mors that are large, and have a pretty large Cavity formed 

 within them. 



The properefl DrefTmgs in all fuch Cafes are Turpentine, 

 or Turpentine mixt with Honey, or the Yolks of Eggs, 

 with a fmall Quantity of Brandy, or Spirit of Wine; and 

 m moft Cafes where there is not an ill Habit of Body, thefe 

 will be fufficient to make a perfect Cure. 



But Wens, Anburies, and other encylled Tumors, require 

 a peculiar I'reatment, and for the moft Part, ought to be 

 quite extirpated. "J "he Anburies, which we obl'erve fre- 

 quently to hang at the Legs, and fometimes at divers 

 other Parts of a Horfe's Body, and conhil only of a thick 

 Jelly, or fpongy loft Flefli ; as thefe have generally a fmall 

 Neck next to their Infertion, they may be taken off with- 

 out much to do, only by tying a waxed Thread round 

 thtrn, ftraitening it by Degrees ; and if after they are falling 

 ofl, there be ihc Appearance of a frefli Excreicence, that 



may 



