236 Tke Farrier'j New Guide. Ch. LXXIX. 



CHAP. LXXIX. 



Of a Ring-bone. 



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HIS is a hard callous Subftance, which grows in the 

 hollow Circle of the little Paftern, immediately above 

 the Cronet ; it is fometimes hereditary, but more frequently 

 occafioned by a Strain, and is bred of the like Matter with 

 the other hard Subftances we have treated of m the preceed- 

 ing Chapters ; fometimes it goes quite round like a Ring, 

 from whence it has obtained the Name of Ring-bone. 



^, P The ufual Method of taking it off, is by 



the Application of ftrong cauftick Medicines, 

 fuch as Quick-lime, Arfenick, Realgar, and the like, tlie 

 Hair being firft fhav'd, and the hard Subftance fcanify'd. 

 Some ufe unllack'd Lime in Powder, and apply it pretty 

 thick over the Part, faftening it with a Cloth, and then 

 ride the Horfe into Water, letting him Hand fome time in 

 it ; by which Means the Subftance of the Ring-bone is de- 

 llroy'd, and there is nothing further neceflary than to heal 

 up the Ulcer. This is a very expeditious Way, but whoever 

 tries it had need be careful to guard the Cronet., or elfe it will 

 be <:pt to caufe a gathering of Matter under the Hoof, which 

 would readily corrode the Coffin-bone. There are others 

 who cut theRmg-bone ftreight downwards to the Cronet ^ 

 in feveral Places, and put in Rowels ; which, by forming 

 Ulcers, and bringing a Rottennefs and Corruption all about 

 the Part, caufe the Excrefcences to loofen or melt away. 



SoUeyJell obferves, that fome Ring-bones cannot be re- 

 moved without giving the Fire, nor does that always fuc- 

 ceed, but when the Soal is alfo taken out, and the Frufli 

 laid open ; for by this tliere is a very greit Moilture deriv'd 

 into the Part, and at the fame Time Room is given for the 

 Matter to difcharge itfelf, which might otherwife loofen the 

 Cronet^ by being detain'd in the hollow Circle of the Paftern. 

 The Method is this: '' Take out the Soal, and after the 

 *' fecond Drefling, cut the Skin in feveral Places above the 

 *' Cronet., fo as to lay the Ring-bone bare; then with a 

 *' hot Knife cut the Ring-bone thro' the Incifions till you 

 -' reach to the Bottom, not all at once, but repeating the 

 *' Strokes gently ; in the mean time make a Cleft into the 

 *' FruOi, and keep it open by applying into it Pledgits 

 *' dipt in a Mixture of Tar, Honey, and Turpentine ; 

 '' laying the fame Drefung to all the t'eai'd Parts, ualil 

 ?^ the K fears fall off. 



