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that are teriii'd cavernous and filUiIous, and litcewife fuch 

 of, ihem as are abftrufe, and form themfelves into feveral 

 Meanders and hidden Abfcelles among the Bones and flelhy 

 Interftices, tho* in the latter Circumftances we can give the 

 Praditianer but little Hopes of Succefs, for the Reafons 

 already alledg'd ; yet fo long as a Horfe continues fervice- 

 ablei the proper Means ought to be ufedo 



And therefore, whether fuch an Ulcer proceed from an 

 old deep Wound, or any other Caufe, the chief thing to 

 be done, is now and then to inje6t proper Liquors into it, 

 forbearing the ufe of thole things that are very corrofive ; 

 for albeit corrolive Applications are fometimes proper in 

 Ulcers that are fuperficial, and where the Efcar can be 

 brought ofF by the piroper Dreflings, or the Help of an In- 

 ftrument, and where a frefli Growth of fuperfluous Matter 

 can be fuppref^^'d by Bandage ; yet in the Cafe now bei'ore 

 us they are often hurtful, as all fuch Applications caufe 

 Accidents that ought to be remedied by Art, and ought 

 therefore to be within the Reach of the Artift ; for which 

 Caufe, the propereil Liquors to be injedled into all fuch 

 Ulcers, are Decov^tions made of the Roots of Briony, Birth- 

 wort, Flower-de-luce, yJc. with a third Part of Spirit of 

 Wme ; or re<.'tify'd Oil of Turpentine, common Honey, or 

 Honey of Rofes, may be alfo made ufe of in the fame In- 

 tention ; and when there is a Foulnefs in the Bones, which 

 may be known by theThinnefs, Oilinefs, and Stench of the 

 Matter j in that Cafe, a Tincture drawn with Wine from 

 Myrrh, Aloes, Frankincenfe, Olibanum, Saffron, Cinna- 

 mon, and fuch like things, will make a very proper Injec- 

 tion to be ufed fometimes. To the Wound may be applied 

 Pledgits of Flax dipt in the fame Liquor, or fome good Di- 

 geftive, and over the Drefling a good flicking Plailler<, 

 The Injedions fhould be always made warm ; and when 

 ihe Part can admit of firm Bandage, it will never fail to 

 be cf Service, 



But thofe Ulcers, which, upon Trial with the Probe, ^r. 

 are found to be within the Reach of an Operation, ought to 

 be laid open, avoiding, as much as polTible, an Effufion of 

 Blood, by dividing the large VefTels, and tiie Inconvenien- 

 cies that may happen by cutting the nervous and fenfible 

 parts : After Incifion, any fuch Ulcer is to be treated as a 

 frefli Wound, only that inflead of a Re-union, by clofing 

 the Sides again, they mult be kept open with Doflils of 

 Flax dipt in Stiptick- water the firft Drefling, and after- 

 wanis in fome good Digeftive, that Nature may fill up 

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