202 TO^Farrter'j iVf^G///V^. Chap. LI. 



A dexterous and But a very material Thing in the mana- 

 Jeafonable Jp- gjpg of all large Wounds, is a dexterous and 

 flication of the fealonable Application of the Dreflings. A 



^''''^'"aUnZe "^^""^ ^^^^ '^ much inflam'd, can bear no 

 materia in me ^^^ Bandage until the Inflammation abates, 



which generally happens as foon as it comes 

 to matter plentifully ; after that. Bandage will be of the 

 greateft Service, and may be made tighter, as the wounded 

 Part becomes able to endure it 5 but one Thing ought, to be 

 carefully obferved, that all Wounds muft have Time to 

 digeft after the firft Dreffing two or three Days, according 

 to the Size thereof ; and when a Wound, or other Swel- 

 ling happens near any Cavity, any fuch Cavity ought al- 

 ways to be filled with Hurds, or Bolfters of flaxen Cloth, 

 and kept there with Bandage. In this Relped the follow- 

 ing Inftance will be of Service. 



M ,^ A Horfe was wounded with the Point of 



iion. a Fork on the outfide of the Hough, a little 



above the Joint, which being a tender fenfl- 

 ble Part, occafion'd violent Pain, accompany'd with Lame- 

 riefs, and brought fuch a fudden Flux of Humours towards 

 the Joints, that all the Cavity on each Side and beneath 

 the Malter-finew was fwell'd to a prodigious Degree, and 

 in a fhort time fiU'd with Matter ; and as loon as the Mat- 

 ter was prefs out of it, it always fill'd again, which would 

 foon have corroded the Sinew. I advis'd the Farrier, after 

 prelling out the Matter, to fill up the empty Space on each 

 iide under the Sinews, with Hurds dipt in Spirit of Wine, 

 to keep the divided Skin together, and prevent the Matter 

 from falling into it, which, with the Application of a 

 ftrengthening Charge round the Joint, and an eafy Ban- 

 dage, made a perfect Cure in a few Days. 

 InternalWounds ^^ ^^^' continue with fome Obfervations 

 ho^ to be via- Concerning inward Wounds, which in a great 

 naged. meafiire depends on the right Regulation of 



a Horfe's Feeding ; for when a Horfe is in- 

 wardly wounded, he ought to be reflrained from all fuch 

 Food as' is any ways hard and binding, having nothing al- 

 low'd him but fcalded Bran, and fometimes a little boil'd 

 Barley. His conflant Drink ought to be Barley-water, and 

 at firft a little 5^;/ PnuielU^ or purify'd Nitre, dillblv'd in 

 it, as has been prefcrib'd in a fimple Fever. The following 

 Ballsmayalfo be given for three or four Days, to fecuie 

 jiiin from bleeding inwardly. 



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