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plainer, lVi,h ~ linlc [,,[¡Iimate, or arteoie, 10 denroy the
fuhlboee: fome ufe 011 01' vmiol; fome ,tiodu,e of CJO'
lh~rides: ~lIlVhieh have ~t times fuecceded ;
<loly they ~re apt tO ~ I;;df with the lols of hair.
Tltofe applie~tioos th~t are of a more tou/fie o"ture, of·
teo d~ more hurt Ihao g~oJ. e:peeially wheo the fV lrol
is grolVo very har,\. as they prolluee a rtJnenoefs, whu:h
keeps ruoniog feveral mOlllhs before Ihe u\cer cao be he.l·
cd, aod theo leaves :to ugly fear.
Mild bliners ofleo repcmd, as reeommeoded in the fee·
tioo upoo the n ..,·Spavin , Ihould firlf be trled:lS ,he molt
ehgible method, and will geomlly fueeeed, t:veo beyood
cxpelhtioo : but if they f..!, aoel the fpleot be om the
kaee or joiois, yoo mun fire aod bhller io the fome man
ner as for Ihe booe·fpavio.
Spleol! 00 Ihe baek part of Ihe fh~ok·booe arediffieull
10 cure. by reafoo of the baek fioews eovefl"g Ihem:
the ben w.y is 10 bore lhe fpleol io feveral pl.ces with
ao iroo 001 very hOI ; aod lheo 10 fire io lhe eornmoo
way, 001making lhe lioes too deep, hUI very clo[e too
gether.
0l ,he POLL·EVt L.
T HE poll·evil is ao ab[eefs om lhe poli of a horfe,
form,d io the finufes betweeo the poll·booe, aod the up·
permo(l vertebra: of the oeek.
Irit proeeeds fromblows, brui[es, or aoy external vio·
lenee, al fir/t bathe the [welliog often with hot vmegar ;
aod if rhe hair be fretted off with ao ouz,og through rhe
Jkio, make ufe of til'O part~ of .inegar, aod one of Ipiril
of wioe; bUl if thef': be ao itehiog, lVith heat and io·
JI~mmatioo, the [,fe(l\V"y is tO bleed, aod apply poulllees
witb bread, milk, and dder·flo\VeJS : this methoJ, Wllh
Ihe allinanee of phyGek, will frequently Mperfe tbe
fwelliog, Qod prevent this mI.
BUl IVhen the tumour is eritieal, aod has all lhe figos
of maner, the hen mcthod then is tO forward it by apply.
iog the ripeniog poultiees alre~dy taken notiee or, 1111 tt
comes tomaturiey, and burlls of itfeif; or if opeoed wid,
a koif~, greal care {houlJ be takeo lO avoid the leodi·
DOU' ligamen! that ruos aloog th~ neek uoder the m.lne :
\Vhen maner is 00 both fides, tbe openine mu/l be mad~
OD eaeh fide, aod the ligameot remaio undivlded.
If the matter Bows io grear quaolitics, re femble, meh·
ed glue, aod is of an otly conlineoee, it \ViII require a
feeond inc,fioo, efpeeially if aoy cavities are dtfcuvered
by the fioger or prohe ; Ihefe fhould be opeoed by the
knife, the oriúees made depeoding, aod the wound dre[·
fed \Vith the eommon digeOive of turpeotioe, hooey, aod
liotlure of myrrh . and, after digellion, with Ihe preeipitate
ointment ; or w. fh the forewith the following, hot,
aod fill up the eavily with to\V foaked in it.
T AU vinegar al fpirit of wioe half ~ pint, white vi·
triol d,Oolved in fpring.water half ao ouoee, lioe·
tuce uf myrrb fOllr ouoees.
T his may he Otarper hy adding more vitriol ; bltt
if the R,OI is verylu>:umnl, il OwulJ fi rn be parrd d01l'1t
w,dl a ko,fe bcfore Ihe "l'pliwioo ; \Vllh thlS w.llh alooe
Nir CiGfun h~s (IIml tlllS dtl 'rder \V,thulI! any oth"
[urm,IIIY cf drdling, \V¡lhing with il twi," a·day, ao~
E R y ,
1·.Iyiog over the part a quaotity of tow foaked iDvi"' gor
aod the white of eggs beat "'gether.
BUI the molf compeodious method of cure, is found
by obrervation tO be by /culding , as the farrien termit.
and is thus profceuled wheo the fore is foul , of abad
d,fpofition, and amod<d with a profufion of mmer.
T . KE eorrofi.e lublimate, verdegre,feio fine pOlVder,
and Ro"..n "itriol; of eileh tIVO drams ; greeo eop'
pe", half an ollnee. honey or JfgyptidCUm two
Olloees, oil of turpentine aod traio 0,1of caeh eighl
ouoees, re<'l, lied rpor,t of w'ne four ounees; mix to.
gelher io a bonle.
The maoner of fealding is firn to cleao the abfeefs
well with a pieee of rpooge dipped io vine&ar; then pUt
a futlieient quao,ity of the mixture iota a I.dle Wllh a
rpOIlt, and whto it is made fealding hot, pour it ,he
ab[ee[s, and clofe the lip"together w,th one or more
fi,tehes. This is tO remaio in feveral daYl; and if gooo
mmer appears. and oot io ao over CrC31 quaotity, it will
do well WllhoUI any other drelling, but b.thing 'f,th rpi.
ril of wine; ir the matter Hows in g'w abund.lnce, and
of a thin eoofilleoee, Il mun be f" lded , aod re·
pemd till the matter letr<ns and thiekens.
O( a FIS TULA, and Bku tsES 011 ,he W ITHE U¡
\VAR8LES en '~e Dack, .nd SIT' FA 61 ,.
BkU IS ES on the withers Crequeodyimponhumate, anrl
for waot of eare turo finulo"s. They arif!! ofreofrom
pioehes of the f.ddle, aod OIO\lld be treated with repelo
lers : for lhis purpGfe batho' the tumour well w,th hOI
vioegar Ihree or fou r limes a day; if lhat docs OOt fua·
eeed alooe, an ounee of oil of vitriol may he put la a
qum 01 vineg~r, or half ao ouoee of II'hite vitriol d,lfol·
ved in a l,tde water, aod added tO tI,e fame quanllt)'.
Thefe are geomlly ,'ery elfetlual repellm for this puro
pofe in horfes, aod will frequcody preveot ~.
tioo : wheo the [welling is atteoded with heat,. fmart'o~,
~od linle hOI watery pimvles, the followiog Ol,xture '\111
theo be more proper to balhe with. ..
T.KE two ouoees of erude fal ammooiae, bOlled 10 a
quart of lime.wata· where that canoot be h.d, a
haodful of pearl or'wood·afhes may be boilt,1 in
comonoo water : pOU! off the deeolhon II'hen feul,d,
aod mix IVilh it halC a piot of fpin! of IVIn/: ano,ot
the part afterwards with liofeed 001, or e\dcr OlOt·
meot, to [often aod rmooth lhe Olin. f
Dut IVheo the [wellinns are eritieal, the eoofequence o
a fever fw ltd on Ihis p~rt, you mun a,oid the repdltng
method, aod atr,n in bringing the fwclliog tO.ma~ter, ~y
mea"s of [uppuratioo poultiecs: experieneed larroers ad ·.
vife, never tO ilpe~ thefe tumuurs till they breAk. or
them[d,es: for if they are opro"u before theyHe nr~,
th~ IV¡tole fore will be [pong)', and JirLh.\I~c a bIOl\J~ ,.
ehor, which fooo de.;eocw e! iotO a ford,J \llcer. . ut
rake care tO eolarge the opeoiog' ami pJleaIVa)' the Itps,
th.,t your dreflings may he appltcd eafil)' ; ao:1al'lll"-tfhe
I . he 1I II'Ierl' , 3
'g~ment Il'hieh fltOS ~Iol\g the oee, to t ,. (
g.lIhcring f"flns 00 the oppofit~ lid~. opco ,t 10 ,h~ J~:
manner, but I.lkc C3rc they incline: J\I\\n\\Ahls, M [,;
fokc of dcpenJtng orili"s, ou ktt:n~ ,hc outl,r fl~1f