196 The Carrier's Ne-'Ji} Guide. CuAV. LI. 



an Artery, when it is ty'd, is apt again to fall a bleeding as 

 foon as the Threads rot off, efpecially one that lies fuperficial 

 and unguarded, and has not the Advp.ntage of being com- 

 preft by the Fulnefs and Weight of the furrounding Veflels. 

 Therefore in this Cafe, make a fmall Pledgit of Flax or 

 fine Hurds, moiften it with the White of an Egg, then lay 

 as much Powder of Reman Vitriol upon it as will fully 

 cover the Mouth of the Artery, and apply it over the 

 fam.e ; but Care mufl be had not to apply Vitriol, or any 

 other cauftick Medicine, where the Sinews are expos'd and 

 laid bare, unlefs you can fell upon fome Method to defend 

 them from being touch'd by it, otherwife it will be apt to 

 caufe ConvuUions j but in Places where thefe are molt ex- 

 pos'd, as the Legs, &c. the Arteries are not very often feated 

 clofe to them ; and if it were fo, milder Medicines might be 

 made to anfwer ; becaufc what is wanting in the Medicine, 

 may, for the moft part, be fupply'd by Bandage ; there- 

 fore, when the Wound happens to be on the Legs, you 

 need only apply the aftringent Crocus of Iron, fine Bole, or 

 Powder of dry'd Muflirooms, mixt with the White of an 

 Egg, and fpread upon a Pledgit, as above directed, and over 

 that two or three thick Compreiles dipt in the fame Aftrin- 

 gent, making a firm Bandage over all. 



The Drelling ought not to be removed for the Space of 

 three Days, that the Wound may be digefted, and there 

 may be no further Trouble with a frefh Flux of Blood. If 

 a SwclUng happens in the Leg, by reafon of the Bandage, 

 bathe it with svarm Lees of Wine, or fome good Fomen- 

 tation, fuch as that hereafter prefcribed for a Gangrene ; 

 afterwards dreis the Wound every Day with the common 

 Digeilion. 'I'he fame Method is to be followed in thofe 

 Wounds where cauftick Medicines are apply 'd, left by taking 

 off the Dreflingstoo foon, you fet them a bleeding afrefh, by 

 removing the Efcar before it is thoroughly form'd. 



But becaufe the right ordering of all fuch Wounds as are 

 attended with an Effufion of Blood is of the greateft Im- 

 portance, there being but few Farriers who have Skill to ma- 

 jiage them according to the Rules of Pradice, efpecially 

 when any uncommon Accident happens in the Cure ; we 

 fliall therefore lay down a Method of making the Sympa- 

 ihetick Powder, which being apply'd to the Wound as a 

 Styptlck, will not only put a Stop to the Blood, but procure 

 a fpeedy Re-union ; and this, as Sclleyfell rightly obferves, 

 may be very necellary in the Camp, where Flies and other 

 Infe<ns are hurtful. SoHeyfeWs Way of preparing the Sym- 



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