198 The Farrier J New Guide, Chap. LI. 



*' Author of the Novum Lumen Chirurgicumy and for the 

 *' Sale of which a Patent was procured, only in that was 

 ** ufed Oil of Vitriol, inftead of the Spirit of Salt in this ; 

 •* but that Difference is infignificant. Of this I kept fome 

 *' by me for a Time, to wait a proper Opportunity to try 

 ** it; when an extraordinary one happened by a blunde- 

 *' ring P'arrier cutting the Jugular Jrtery of a very fine 

 " young Horfe,as he was pretending to take off fome ad ven- 

 *' titious Kernels that grew under his Throat. The Flux 

 *' of Blood was fo prodigious, that the Creature muft have 

 *' forthwith died, had not the Fellow held fall the wound- 

 *' ed Vellel, by griping the Part with his Hands, which 

 *' prevented the Effufion, until I dill'olved fome of the 

 ** Powder, or rather Salt, in fome warm Water, and with 

 *' the Currier's Shavings of Leather dipt in it, apply'd it 

 *' upon the Part, where tying it as faft as the Part would ad- 

 ** mit of, and haltering the Horfe's Head up to the Rack for 

 " about fixteen Hours. When it was taken of, not one 

 ** Drop of Blood afterwards followed, and the Part was ea- 

 ** lily incarnated and healed up. This is a Preparation of 

 •' Maeiis, once Profellbr at Leyden^ and is in the Collec- 

 '* ianea Chymica Leydenfia, how much foever fome have 

 " pretended to make a Secret of it fince. 



The fame Author further takes Notice, that this Styptick 

 has been recommended inwardly to flop Fluxes, efpecially 

 thofe of Blood ; but we are very fure it may anfwer that 

 End in all Wounds, when apply'd as in the Inftance before 

 recited. And in this refpeft it may be made ufe of by thofe 

 ■who are but little skill'd in the Pradiceof a Surgeon or Far- 

 rier: As may alfo the Powder of Sympathy, tho' we cannot 

 advife any one to depend upon its lympathetick Virtues. 



Having faid thus much concerning the firft Intention, to 

 ■wit, the putting a Stop to the Blood in Cafes w here the 

 cut or ruptur'd Veflels are large or expos'd ; we fliall now 

 proceed to the other Requifites in the Cure of Wounds ; but 

 ■we fhajl in the firft place take notice, that in all good Con- 

 llitutions a (refh Wound will be eafilycur'd, if it is not over- 

 much expos'd to the Air, as we fee in many Inftances, both 

 in Brutes and human Bodies ; and a Wound made accord- 

 ing to the Direction of a Mufcle, or only fomewhat flant- 

 ing, will heal v/iih little or no Application, if the Horfe is 

 riot put to Iiard Exercife ; for in that Cafe, as often as the 

 Mui'cle iscontra<fied, the Wound will be more or lefs open- 

 ed, according to the Force wiiereby the wounded Member 

 ;5 moved. But all Vncuucs il at art large ought to beltitch'd, 



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