24<5 Thie Farrier'j AV^;^' Guide, Ch. LXXXV. 



** Ointment of Marfti-mallows, or for Want of that, with 

 *' Butter or Hogs-lard, into the ConfillenLe of a Poultice. 



Thefe mull: be apply'd warm to the Legs and Pafterns, 

 to draw out the Matter, and bring down the SweUing. If 

 there be Fouhiefs, you may take a Pound of Black Soap, 

 half a Pound of Honey, four Ounces of burnt Allum, two 

 Ounces of Verdegreale in Powder, a Pint of Brandy, or 

 Spirit of Wine, with a fufficicnt quantity of Wheat-flour. 

 Let this be fpread on Cloths, and apply'd as the former. 



As foon as the Swelling is abated, and the Moifture dried 

 up, it will be very convenient to keep the Legs and Paf- 

 terns rolVd up with firm Bandage, whereby the Parts will 

 not only be kept clofe, but the Influx of frefli Matter pre- 

 vented i for the Continuance, or frequent Returns of thofe 

 watry Eruptions, brings fuch a Lcofenefs into the Legs, 

 that it caufes a Rottennefs in the Frufh, breeds Splents, and 

 fometimes by rotting the Tendons, becomes the Caufe of 

 Quitter-bones, Foundering, and other Diftempers in the Feet. 



CHAP. LXXXV, 



Of WartSt Scratches-, Rats-tails, and other 

 Excrefcences of the Legs and ^Pafterns. 



'T^HESE are all of the fame Kind, and are more or 

 -*■ lefs dangerous, as they are fituated nearer or at a Di- 

 Jlance from the large Sinews. 



Warts may be wafted by touching them now and then 

 ■with Aquafortis^ or may be cut off" when any are fuperfi- 

 cial. But the Scratches are, for the rpoft Part, bred of 

 ibme tendinous Suhft?, nee, and have their Roots in or near 

 ihe Tendons, like the Corns in Mens Feet ; fometimes they 

 grow fo hard, that by prcfling upon the fofter Parts, they 

 caufe violent Pain and Inflammation ; but when this hap- 

 pens, a good Poultice ihould be apply'd to ripen the In- 

 flammation, which ought to be fcarrify'd as near the Ex- 

 crefcences as pofiible, unlefs the Matter fpring naturally 

 from the Roots of it, which will loofen them fo as they 

 may be eafJy removed by the Ufc of Medicines that are 

 put moderateiy corrciive. 



Therefore, to prccecd methodically, when-ever you ob- 

 ferve a iVioilture ard Roitennels, you ne'ed only apply a 

 Lump of Rye Leaven mixt with Vinegar and the Juice of 

 Carlick, or Muftard-ieed pounded ; and in two or three 

 Times Application i. vviil buiig out the Ko.ttennefs. 



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