Chap. LXIV. Of the TM-Evil. 2 1 9 



fer to make Ufe of a well temper'd File only, though it will 

 take a little more Time. 



CHAP, I.XIII. 



Of Gigs, Bladders, and other T)ifeafes of th^ 

 Mouth, 



npHE Mouths of Horfes are fubjeft to feveral Infirmities, 

 • which, by reafon of the Softnefs and Sponginefs of the 

 Parts, are often troublefome, and cannot be eafily remov'4 

 without the Fire, or fome corrofive Medicine. The Gigs 

 and Bladders, for the moft Part, grow out on the Inlide of 

 the Lips, and fometimes towards the Palate ; but thofe of 

 the Lips are the largeft. The ufual Method of Cure is by 

 flitting them open, and difcharging the Matter, afterwards 

 wafliing them with Salt and Vinegar. Sometimes a Horfe's 

 Mouth is wounded by a mifhapen or rufty Bit, and by fe- 

 veral other Accidents; all which, either from Negledl, 

 or an ill Difpofilion in the Blood, will create thofe Sort of 

 Ulcers the Farriers call Cankers. In fuch Cafes, the beft 

 Way is to make ufe of a fmall round Searing-Iron, mode- 

 rately heated, which may be introduced through a Brafe 

 Pipe, to defend it from touching any other Part ; and when 

 the Efcar falls off, it may be touch'd now and then with a 

 Sponge dipt in Copperas-water, until it is cured. The fal- 

 ling down of the Palate, or, more properly, the Relaxation 

 and Swelling of the Vvula^ is alfo a Difeafe to which Horfes 

 are fubje6l upon catching cold, tho' I do not find it much 

 taken Notice of by Farriers ; yet Mr. Snape, in his Anato- 

 my, fays, he has met with it feveral times. The Cure is by 

 blowing Pepper upon it, or touching it with a Feather dipt 

 in the blue Eye- water, or Spirit of Sal Armoniack, &c. 



CHAP, LXIV. 

 Of the TolUE'vil. 



!nr H E Poll- Evil is an Impofthume which arifes on the 

 ■P- Poll, and, for the moil Part, is caufed by the fretting 

 of a new Halter or Collar, l^c. At firft it requires no other 

 Method of Cure than what is common to other Boils and 

 inflani'd Tumors, l^c. by ripening and bringing it to Mat- 

 ter ; but fometimes it degenerates to a finuous Ulcer, tho* 

 jhat be generally owing to Want of Skill. 

 ■*■ There 



