204 ThelkKv.i'EKs Ne'-JD Guide. Chap.LII. 



of a Horfe may alfo be look'd on as incurable, fince a Horfe 

 in that Condition is able to yield no further Service. Their 

 Size and Figure depend upon the Inftrument wherewith 

 they are inflicted, and alfo renders the Cure more or lels 

 certain ; for a fmall Wound is more eafily cur'd than one 

 that is large ; and a Wound that is circular and round, 

 made with a Bullet, than one which is ragged and torn, 

 fuch as happen fometimes by Splints, Pieces of Iron, Stones, 

 <d'c. but however they differ in thefe Refpeds, they are all 

 of them accompanied with Lofs of Subftance, Contuhon, 

 andbruifmg of the Part ; and for this Reafon no Wounds 

 made by Fire-arms are liable to fuch great Hemorrhages of 

 Blood, asthofe made by a fharpand cutting Inftrument. 

 The Cure of The firft Intention in the Cure of Gun- 



Giinjbot fhot Wounds, is to fetch out the Bullet, or 



Wounds. Other foreign Matter whereby they are made, 



but that is not always prafticable ; for Bullets are often- 

 times lodg'd within the Cavity of the Body, and in the 

 thick flefhy Parts, where the bringing of them out is by no 

 means to be attempted ; and fometimes after feveral Years 

 Habitation, they fall more outwards, and upon Parts of more 

 Ilender Subftance, and are call out by Impofthumation, or 

 brought away by Incifion. However, the Practitioner 

 ought at firft to make Trial, yet not fo as to tear the Flefh 

 too much ; but if his Endeavours aie to no purpofe, he ought 

 to make a Counter-opening on the Outlide, towards the 

 Bottom of the Wound, where he (hall perceive any Hard- 

 iiels, neverthelefs wiihout touching the large Vellels ; and by 

 this Means he may draw out the Bullet with his Fingers, or 

 any convenient Inftrument ; but this Method of Counter- 

 opening is the more neceflary, and the more immediately to 

 be gone about, when Pieces of Timber, Sionc, or Iron, or 

 other extraneous Bodies, lie in the Flefli, as all fuch things 

 are apt of a fjdden to caufe very bad Symptoms, bccaufe 

 of their Unevennefs. 



The next Thing to be done in the Cure of Gun-fliot 

 Wounds, is to bring them to good and laudable Digcftion, 

 that they may call off" the mortify'd Flefh ; to effectuate 

 which, nothing can be better than the common Digeftive, 

 with a fmall Mixture of Oil o£ Rofes pour'd into it every 

 Day ; let the Wound be alfo often cleans'd with Spirit of 

 Wine, and all the hot and inflam'd Parts about it bathed 

 "with the fame. When the Inflammation is very great, and 

 like to be attended with a Fever, a moderate Qi,iantity of 

 ^lood may be taken, and laxauve Clyfters adminifter'd, 



and 



