248 The FarrierV New Guide. Ch. LXXXVI. 



** Take four Ounces of black Soap, two Ounces of 

 •' Quick-lime in Powder, and Vinegar what is fufficientto 

 *' make an Ointment. 



Orpiment, Arfenick, Realgar, and fuch like things, are 

 alfo made ufe of in the flime Intention, in the Form of 

 Ointments, with Honey or Hogs-lard ; and fometimes ir^ 

 that of a Poultice, by a Mixture of Flour, Barley and Rye 

 Meal, and fometimes Soot : Kutthefe hot burning Ingredi- 

 ents are never properly made into the Form of a Poultice, 

 but are chiefly fit for Ointments which are defign'd only to 

 cover the Excrefcences, without touching the neighbouring 

 Farts. 



SoUeyfi'Il recommends a Remedy, which he calls a White 

 Honey Charge, for the Cure of all ihofe Excrefcences : It is 

 as follows : 



* ■ Take eighteen large white Lilly- roots, chop and boil 

 " them in two Gallons of Whey, or Barley-water ; when 

 '* the Roots begin to grow foft, add of the Leaves of 

 *' Mallows and Marfh-mallows, of each ten handfuls ; 

 " continuing to boil them till they be all reduc'd to a per- 

 " fed: Mafh, pouring in Liquor from time to time to fup- 

 ** ply what is evaporated ; then pulp the Ingredients thro* 

 " a Hair-Sieve : Take what pafTes through the Sieve, and 

 *' boil them again with a Pound of Tallow, and the like 

 ** Quantity of Butter ; then remove it from the Fire, and 

 " when it has done boiling, add Honey and common Tur? 

 •* pentine, of each a Pound, and make the whole into the 

 *' Confidence of a Poultice with Wheat-fiour. 



This is to be apply'd cold, in the Manner of a Poultice, 

 once a Day, and it will very much help to foften thofe Ex- 

 crefcences, and take out the Heat and Anguifli wherewith 

 they are often attended. The fame Author prefcribes alfo 

 an Ointment made of crude Quickfilver and Brimftone, 

 with a double Qiiantity of Tallow, which is alfo very good, 

 but would be much better with equal Parts of Tallow and 

 Turpentine. 



CHAP. LXXXVI. 

 Of a glitter-bone. 



A ^Itter-houe is an Impoflhume which breeds between 

 ■^ the Hoof and Coffin-bone, on the upper Part, and 

 makes its firfl. Appearance by a Swelling on the Cronet. It 

 proceeds from a Hlow, Strain, or Over-reach ; and fome- 

 times it is cauied by a long continiicd Swelling of the Legs 

 and Paflerns, kSc, If 



