Chap. LT. Of Wounds. i93 



may be kept down by the Help of fome gentle Corrofive, 

 together with the Ufe of Bandage ; and for this Purpofe 

 Flax or fine Hurds dipt in Vitriol or Allum- water will 

 fuffice. 



But to a Wen, or any other Tumour of that kind that 

 grows to a Bignefs, a hot Knife muft be us'd, when it hap- 

 pens to have a narrow Root ; but if you have reafon to fuf- 

 pe6l the VeiTels which lead to it are become very large, where- 

 by a too plentiful Effufion of Blood may happen, or if it be 

 broad at bottom, the beft way is then to open it, cutting 

 . the Skin both ways a-crofs, if there be Matter within it 

 that muft be evacuated, and then the Bag and other fuper- 

 fluous Parts deftroy'd by Degrees, which may be done ei- 

 ther by cutting or burning, or by the Ufe of caultick Me- 

 dicines ; but the Knife is the molt expeditious; and if it be 

 of Subftance to keep the Heat, it may be made to anfwer 

 in moft Cafes. 



The Swellings of the Joints and Relaxation of the Sinews, 

 are no otherwile to be treated, than by applying fuch things 

 as are proper to difcufs and ftrengthen them ; but the Acci- 

 dents to which thefe Parts are chiefly expos'd, will be parti- 

 cularly handled in fome of the enfuing Chapters. 



C H A F. LI. 



Of Wounds. 



^Here is no one but knows, when any Part of a Horfe's 

 "*• Body is cut, torn, or otherwife divided, he is then faid 

 to be wounded, fo that Wounds are various, and differ one 

 from another, according to the Diverfity of Accidents by 

 which they are caufed ; fome are fuperficial, ctl n- r. 

 others deep. Wounds happen lometimes to ^ Wounds. 

 be ftreight, according to the Tenure and Di- ■ 

 redion of the Fibres ; fometimes they are oblique or tranf- 

 verfe, that is, llanting or athwart. If the Inftrument be 

 fharp, the Parts will, generally fpeaking, be equally divided ; 

 but if otherwife, the Wound will be ragged and tore, which 

 is ufually the Cafe of Horfes that have been ftak'u. 



Weallbdiftinguifh between' the Wounds that are fimple, 

 and Wounds that are complicated ; thofe are faid to be fim- 

 ple, where the foft Parts are divided, without the Concomi- 

 tancy of other Acc'dents ; and thofe Wounds are termed 

 complicated, where, befides a Divifion ot the foft Parts, 

 there is alfo a Contufion of th,e Flefb, a Fradure or Diflo- 

 X cation 



