Ch.LXXXV. Of If arts. Scratches, &c. 247 



Stampt Onions, the Roots of Marfli-mallows and Houfe- 

 leek, made into Pafte with Barley or Rye-flour, has the 

 /anie EfFeil. The Mucilage Plaifter, or the Diachylon 

 with the Gums fpread on Leather, and applied to the 

 Part, will alfo be very ferviceable ; but if the Scratches be 

 hard, and lie on the Sinews, and thereby occafion Pain and 

 Inflammation, indangering a Fever, in that Cafe, it will 

 be proper to take Blood from the Thigh- vein, and to keep 

 the Horfe to an opening Diet. Then apply the following 

 Cataplafm, firft fhaving away the Hair. 



*' Take of Hemlock four Handfuls, Groundfel two 

 *' handfuls, ftamp them with four Ounces of the Roots of 

 " Marfli-mallows, and boil them in two Quarts of Milk 

 *' till the Ingredients turn foft, then pulp the whole thro' 

 " a Sieve- and make it into a Poultice, with a fuflicient 

 " Quantity of Soot and Flour of Brimfl;one. 



This may be laid all over the Parts, and renewed every 

 Day until the Heat and Inflammation is over, and the £x- 

 crefcences grow foft and loofe i after which they may be 

 manag'd as above diredted. 



Sometimes Scratches put forth from finuous Ulcers, which 

 penetrate to the Bone ; in this Cafe you muft introduce 

 your Probe into the Orifice^ and try all the different Ways 

 it reaches, making Incifion with a hot Knife where ever the 

 Part will admit of it, then make your Cure according to the 

 Diredions laid down for the Cure of Wounds, Lfc. 



Rats- tails are dift;inguifhed from the ot-l:er, becaufe they 

 generally creep from the Pafterns to the Middle of the 

 Shanks^ along the Mafter-finew, or on the Side of it ; and 

 are fo called from the Refemblance they bear to the Tail of 

 a Rat. Some are moifl:, and fome dry, and difler only 

 frorp Scratches in their Figure and Situation, and therefore 

 admit of the fame Method of Cure. If they be hard, they 

 mav be loofened or cut off^ with a hot Knife, and after- 

 wards drefs'd with Turpentine, Tar, and Honey ; and if 

 neceflary, the Powder of Verdegreafe and white Vitriol may 

 be mixed with it. The following Applications are gene- 

 rally ufed tor the Cure of Scratches, P.ats-tails, Kibes, and 

 all the other Sorances about the Legs and Pafterns. 



" Take Hogs-greafe, Soap, Brimftone, and Honey : Boil 

 " them into a Poultice with a fuflicient Quantity of Soot s 

 " and to every four Ounces add half an Ounce of the Pow- 

 ^^ der of Verdegreafe. 



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