WOUNDS. 



leaving Uie enda hanging out at each lide j by means of 

 thefe they move the link or (keiii three or four times a day, 

 always wetting the new part that is to be drawn into the 

 wound wit!) fre(h varnifti. They put on a charge of the 

 bole armenic, &c. 3^= before defcribed, ou each iide of the 

 wounded part, and continue this as long as the wound dif- 

 charges thin watery matter, or the fides continue fwelled. 

 After this they drefs it with the ointment of the turpentine, 

 yolks of eggs, and faffron, till it is perfeftly cured. 



The other methods are, the dreffing of the wound with 

 an ointment made of wax, turpentine, and lard, and covering 

 it with linen rags wetted with cream ; or the dreffing with 

 a mixture of yolks of eggs, honey, and faffron, and covering 

 it up with cream and baum-leaves beaten together. 



When the wound is fo dangerous as to require the 

 affiftance of internal medicines, they give the following pills : 

 Take affafoetida, bay -berries, and native cinnabar, of each a 

 pound ; beat up the whole into a mafs with brandy, and 

 roll it into pills of fourteen drachms each. Thefe are to be 

 laid in a fhady place to dry, after which they will keep 

 ever fo long without any damage. The horfe is to take 

 two of thefe every other day, or, if necefTary, every day, till 

 he has taken eight or ten of them, and he is to ftand 

 bridled two hours before and after the taking of them. 



When the wound feems at a ftand, not appearing foul, 

 and yet not gathering new flefti, there muft, be recourfe 

 had to the following powder, whofe effeft in bringing new 

 fleih is wonderful : Take dragon's blood, and bole armenic, 

 of each two ounces ; maftic olibanum, and farcocolla, ot 

 each three drachms ; aloes, round birth-wort, and common 

 iris-root, of each one drachm and a half; make the whole 

 into a fine powder. This is fometimes ufed dry, fprinkling 

 it on the wound ; but fometimes it is mixed with turpentine, 

 fometimes with juice of wormwood, and fometimes with 

 honey of rofes, and either way does very well. 



When the wound grows foul, and requires a detergent 

 to cleanfe it, the common liquor for this purpofe is a pha- 

 gedenic water, which they make of Hme-water, and fub- 

 limate in this manner : Take two pounds and a half of newly- 

 made and unflaked lime, put it into a pewter veffel, and 

 pour on it five quarts of boiling water. When the bubbling 

 is over, let it ftand to reft two or three days, ttirring it 

 often with a ftick ; then pour it clear off after due time for 

 the lime to fettle, and filtre it through fome whited-brown 

 paper, made for the lining of funnels, on this occafion. To 

 a quart of the clear lime-water, thus prepared, add eight 

 ounces of fpirit of wine, and one ounce of fpirit of vitriol ; 

 when thefe are well mixed, by fhaking them together, then 

 add an ounce of corrofive fubiimate in fine powder : mix 

 all well together, and keep the whole in a bottle, to be 

 ufed for the cleaniing of thefe foul wounds, and on any other 

 occafions, where a detergent of this powerful kind may be 

 necefTary. It will keep good many years. 



If this water will not thoroughly cleanfe the wound, but 

 there ftill will remain a quantity of foul matter in it, and there 

 is danger of a gangrene, they add to it as much arfenic in fine 

 powder as there was of the corrofive fublim.ate ; that is, at 

 the rate of an ounce to a quart and half a pint. 



Thefe are all the medicines which the farrier need carry 

 with him on account of wounds ; and they are all fuch 

 as may be prepared at home, and will continue good fo 

 long as he has occafion to keep them, or much longer ; 

 and what is left of one year will ferve for others. 



When the neceflary applications are thus fettled, it may 

 not be improper to add the general rules by which they 

 conduft themfelves in the cure. 



I. The wound muft be probed at firft, but very gently, 

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and afterwards as gently and as feldom as may be, for tbe 

 horfe's flefli is the moft eafy of all others to be contufed in 

 wounded parts, and to fall into a gangrene from the hurt. 

 2. The wound muft be kept continually as clean as poffible, 

 and free from proud flefti. 3. The necefTary revulfion 

 muft always be made by bleeding, as foou as the wound is 

 dreffed the firft tim.e ; this prevents inflammation, and a 

 great many other bad accidents. 4. If the wound be in fuch J 

 a place that the horfe can get at it with its tongue to lick * 

 it, great care muft be taken to prevent his doing fo, as it 

 will greatly retard the cure. 5. The farrier never is to pro- 

 ceed to fuppuration ill any cafe in which the humours can 

 be either diflblved or repelled, and efpecially in parts that 

 are full of finews and ligaments, or that are near the bones. 



6. If a wound be accompanied with a great conlufion, or if 

 it be of a round or circular figure, iiicifions are often neceflary 

 about its edges, and fometimes the application of cauftics. 



7. The wound muft be always carefully covered, for the 

 accels of the air retards the cure. 8. The callous lips of a 

 wound muft always be cut to the quick, before they can 

 be united together. Thefe may ferve for general rules, 

 that hold good in all cafes : and to thefe may be added 

 fome that are principally applicable to peculiar circura- 

 ftances of the wounds. 



Wounds of the breaft are to be cured with tents and 

 folds of foft linen laid over them, fteeped in the following 

 mixture : Take verdigrifc, vitriol, and alum, of each one 

 ounce ; vinegar, eight ounces ; honey, a pound ; let all 

 thefe be boiled together till they become red. 



Wounds in the belly can only be cured by fewing up 

 the peritoneum with ftrong woollen thread, not filk, leaving 

 the extremities without the Ikin. The Ikin is to be fewed 

 together with ftrong hempen thread waxed, joining the 

 lips of the wound together, by this means, in form of a 

 buckle. This is to be covered with the common ointment 

 for wounds ; and if an inflammation comes on, chalk dif- 

 folved in vinegar is to be added. 



If the wound be firch that the guts come out at it, the 

 horfe may ftill be recovered, if proper caution be ufed : the 

 guts are to be immediately returned into their place ; 

 but they muft not in this be touched with the hand, but 

 with a fponge dipped in warm water. And, in order to 

 the making them more readily get into their places, it 13 

 proper to make the creature vomit, by thruiling down his 

 throat a feather dipped in oil. If the wound through 

 which they fell is not big enough to return them eafily by, 

 it muft be enlarged by cutting ; but if the guts are found 

 to be bruifed or wounded, it is in vain to attempt any thing, 

 for death muft follow. 



There is alfo a certainty of death when, after a wound of 

 any kind in the belly, the horfe voids blood at the funda- i| 

 ment. % 



When a horfe is wounded near the groin, he eafilv falla 

 into convulfions ; in this cafe, he is to be kept from drink- 

 ing as much as poffible : he is alfo to be covered well up, 

 and kept quiet, and to have green things given him to eat. 



Wounds on the knees are very difficult to cure, becaufe 

 the part is in motion almoft continually, and there is very 

 little flefti to work upon. When the wounds are but flight, 

 and in the muf«ular parts of the body, a mixture of honey 

 and tallow, boiled together, will often prove a cure ; when 

 the wound is more confiderable, turpentine melted in a little 

 common oil, and applied hot, is the general remedy. 



If a wound happens between the flioe and the hoof, care 

 muft be taken that no foreign matter be left in it, and it 

 muft be drefled with any of the ointments that have verdi- 

 grifc in them ; and a charge of bruifed elder-leaves is very 



proper 



