Chap.XCIII. Of Hoofs, &c. 2SS 



common Accidents that happen to the Feet, as Surbatingy 

 Foundring^ &c. and oftentimes they are the Confcquence 

 of a long continued Gourdinefs in the Legs and Pallerns. 

 Their Seat is, for the molt part, at the Top or Side of the 

 Frufh ; but when they are fufFer'd to grow old, or are dry'd 

 up with itrong Ointments, they take another Courfe, and 

 fpread to the Corner of the Heel. They are, as moft other 

 Excrefcences of that Kind, bred and nourifhed of the fame 

 Matter which fuftains and nourifhes the finewy and ner- 

 vous Parts, and are only to be cui'd by Extirpation. 



Therefore, if the Figs be on the Side of the Frufh, pare 

 away fo much of the Root as may give Room to reach the 

 Sore with a Fleam or Lancet, then cut the Soal about the 

 Fig, and take them clean out, avoiding, as much as pof- 

 iible, to wound the large Blood-vellels. Let your firft Dref- 

 fmg be made of dry Hurds to flop the Bleeding ; and if it 

 requires a ftyptick Remedy, confult the 51 ft Chapter; two 

 or three Days thereafter, remove your Dreffing ; and if any 

 Part of the Excrefcence be left, you may deltroy it by ap- 

 plying Mgyptiacum fpread on Bolfters, or Pledgits of Hurds, 

 mixing with every Ounce of the faid Ointment half a Dram 

 of Arfenick, or corrofive Sublimate, enlarging or diminifh- 

 ing the Quantity of the latter as you find your Horfe able 

 to bear it, or the Circumftances of the Sore may require ; 

 and then heal up the Sore with a good Digeftive, and fpiri- 

 tuous Applications, is'c. 



But if the Fig has its Infertion into the finewy or griftly 

 Subltances in thofe parts, you mult take up the Soal ; and if 

 any part of the Griftle be corrupted, you may cut it off with 

 a Razor, or other fharp Initrument. If the Bone be ulcera- 

 ted and carious, you may touch it with a hot Iron, and 

 then drefs it with Pledgits dipt in a Tinfture of Myrrh, A- 

 loes and Frankincenfe, as has been directed in other Cafes of 

 the like Nature, and alfo with warm Turpentine, and Ho- 

 ney of Rofes, until the Bone is covered ; afterwards heal up 

 the Sore with fome good Digeftive. 



CHAP. XCIII. 



Of Hoofs brittle-) or too foft. 



'TTHESE tv/o Extreams are equally prejudicial, as they 

 are often the Caufe of a great many ill Accidents in 

 the Feet. The Softnefs of the Hoof may proceed from a 

 humid moift Conltitution, from going in wet and raarlhy 

 Gxounds, or ftanding conftanily on wet Litter, or from 



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