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prdrure wil1l mild applimions, ",al alway' oblige lhere

lpongy

~xere[eenm

[ubfiJe, bUI wilho\ll bandage ¡he

Jlrongen will not fo well [ueeeed.

1\11 fin ure., or eavities. fllOulJ be laid opcn as fllon a9

di[eol'cred, afrer bandages have heen inelfcl:udlly tried:

but where the eavity penetra¡es rleepinto the mu[cks, and

a counter opening i, imprallieable or hnardous; where,

by a eontinuanee, the integumcOls o[ the mufcles are

cJolfantly dripping and melting down; iD ¡h& eafes in–

jeélions may be u[ed, and \ViII

[re~uently

he amoded

witb [ueee[s.

deeoélion o[ rolcothar hoiled in forge·

water; or [olution of lapis mcdieameoto[us in lime wa·

ter, with a fi[th par! of honey ¡od tina ure óf m)'rrh,

nIay be (¡dl tried, injeéled, three or fourounees tlVice ¡.

day; or [ol1le refin mdted down with oil of lurpentine,

maybe ufed [ur this purpofe : i[ the[efllOuld not fueeeed,

tlte follolVing, whieh is of a Ibarp and eauOie narure, is

reeommroded

Mr GMon's experieoee.

TA KE of Roman vitriol hal f an ouoee: difi'olve io a

pint of water. then deeanr and pour off geotly ioro a

Iarge quart.bortle: .dd hal[ a piot of camphorared

lpirirof IVioe, the [ame quaoriry o[ the bea vinegar,

and IIVO ounees of .'Eóyp:iaeum.

This mixture is alfo very fueeefsfull y applied ro ulce·

rared greafy hecls, whieh ir IVili borh cle,nfcand dry up.

Thefe fioufes, or cavities, frequently degenerare ioto

pjlul",

that is, grolV pipey, hsving rhe inGde thiekened,

'and 'lined, .s it IVere, IVi rh a horoy eallous fubadnee.

Jn order tOtheir cure, rhey mua be

I.id

opeo, aod rhe

hard fubnanee all cut alVay; where rhis is impraélicable,

fearify them IVell, and trull tO the precipitate medicine

rnade

arong,

rubbiog OOIV and then with cauaie, burter

of aOlimony, or equal parrs of qujekfilrer and aqua·

[onis.

When a romn or foul boneis ao atrcodanr·on an ulcer,

Ihe flefh is cenerally loo[e and flabby, rhe difcharge.oily,

thin, and nioking, ar.d thebone di feovered to be earious,

by irs feeling rough to ,he probe pafi'ed through the

flefh [or rhat porpofe. Jn order

a cure, the bone

mua be laid bare, ¡har the rorten pan of it be removed;

[or IVhieh porpofe, dearoy rhe loo[e ReOI, and dre[s with

dry lint

or the doflils may be prefi'ed Ollt of tinélure of

m)'rrh or euphorbium: the throwing off the feale is ge·

nerallya work of naturc, whieh is effea ed in more or

Icfs time, and in proponion tO the deplh rhe bone is af–

[caed : rholl&h borning rhe foul bone is thought by fome

hanen ilS !cpm tion.

Where the cure does OOt properly fu eeced, mercurial

l,hyfiC'lhou ld be giren, and repcated ar propcr illrervals :

.od to eorreél aod mend rhe blood and juiees, the anri·

monial an1 alterarive powders, IVirh a deeollion of guai.

aeon! ao<l lime-waters, are proper [or rhat purpofe.

BONE·$rAv'N.

T Hnl'T

ent"in& :I r al Lioro rheeaufe of rhisdi furder,

whieh is a buoy

c,cll fC(oe~,

01'

hml fwtlling, grOll'ing

rhe

inli.le

of rhe hOl k of a horfe', leg, \Ve Ih,dl eoo·

r<nr ollrfd, cs IVir h dcfCflbillg rhe diIFa,or kinds rhereof,

rh!i r fymp:ollls; and lhcn cnter On their cure .

fpóIVio, lhar b' sins

Oól

rhe IUIVer pa" u[ lhe hork,

is not fo Jaog.roul as thal IIIhieh pOli OUI higher,

be.

l\Vc':n rhe tWO

rouo~

proeefi'cs o[ rhe leg bone; aod ,

[pav,n oear the edóe ISOOl fo bad as tlm whieh i, more

iOlVard lO\Vard rhe middle, as ir does oor fo mueh a[el!

the beodiog of rhe hock.

fp.'VIIl, rhar comes by, kiek or blo\ll, is at

6r~

no true fpavin , bot a brui[e on Ihe bone, or membraoe

whieh eovcrs ir; Ihere[ore nOl of Ihar eonfeqoenee,

¡S

wheo ir proceeds from a oatural cau[e: and thore thar

pllr Out

eulrs, and young borfes, are not fobad aa

thofe Ihat happeo tOhorres in their full arengrh aod ma.

turity; ¡'ut io veryold horfes they are generally incurable.

Thc u[ual merhod of trearing this di[order is by bli.

aers

and Gring, withour any regard lO rhe Grualioo, or

eaufe ",henee ir ploceeds. Thus, if a [uloefs

rhe

[ore' part of rhe hock comes opoo hard ridiog, or anyo·

Iher violeoee, whieh Ihremns a [pavio; io that eafe,

fueh eoolers aod repellers are proper, as are reeommend·

ed in araios aod bruifes. Thofe happeniog lO eolts and

youog horfes are generaJly fuperGeiaJ, aod require ooly

me milder applieations; for il is better ro wm rhem

dowo by degrees, than tO remove Ihem al ooee by f..ere

means..

Various are Ihe preferiplioos for lhe blifiering oiur.

meor; bUl Ihe following, on proper experiencc, I!.ods

well reeommended by Mr Gibfon.

oerve aod marfh mallo\V oiotmenl, of eaeh two

ounees; quickfih'er, one ouoce, thoroughly broke

wirh an ounee of Veniee turpentioe : Spanifh Biel

powdered, a dram aod a h¡¡Jf; [ublimate, one dram;

oil o[ origaoom,

I~O

drams.

The hair is

be cm as clofe as poflible, and rhen lhe

ointmeor applied preny thiek over Ihe part; this Ihould

be done iD the moroino, ami the horre kept ried up all

day wirhouI any litrer

~ill

oighl; when he may

uoried,

in order tOlie dowo; and a pireh

01'

aoy fiicking plailler

may be laid over ir, aod boond

wirh a broad tape or

bandage ro keep all clofe.

Afrer the bliller has done runoing, aod !he [absbe–

gin ro dry and peel off, il may be applied a

fe~ond

rime,

io rhe fame m<Uloer as before; this feeood

apph;~uon ~e.

nera11Yraking grearer effea lhan rhe 6rfi, aod

eMI

and young horres nllkes a perfcl') eore.

When the [pavin has been of long nandi"g,

\Viii

re·

quirc to be renewed, perhaps, five or fix times;. bur af·

ter rhe [ccond applieation, agrearer diaaoee of unlemon

be aHowcd, otherwife ir might leave a [ear, or «u(e a

baldnefs;

preveot whieh, once a·forroighr or lhrte

wClks is often enough; and ir may in this msnner be

eonrioued lix or [oven limes, wirhout rhe

kan

bleolllh,

and \ViII gcnmlly be attendcd wirh fuceefs.

HIII

rhe fpavins rhat put om on older, or full.aged

horfes, are apt to be mor

obninare, as being fwcd n.,ore

inlVud; aod wheo rhcy run among

th~

linuoGuls

rhe

jniot, they are for rhe mon pan ineurahle. as

r~rv

rhea

lie Ollt of

rh~

reach of 'pplicarions, aud are aro I·d ro'

dc~rrc

01'

iOlpenrtrahlc I""dncfs.

. I

The ufual merhod in thefe cafes is ro (¡re dtre/l l',

In ufe the il ronoelJ kiud of e.\Uni,

('1.11, 1'5;

,ud f,,",,·

rimes tOli re anl

J.ry

rhebliaer iOlnlcdlml)' OI'U the 1'·I;r;

but rhis IVJy [dJom(uee eJs f.n"er dlJn l'uui"5 aI"P