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A48581 The country-man's treasure shewing the nature, cause, and cure of all diseases incident to cattel : with proper means to prevent their common diseases and distempers : being very useful receipts as they have been practiced by the long experience of five and thirty years, and all approved of : fitted for the use of all farmers and others that deal in cattel / by James Lambert ; with a table of the several diseases therein contained. Lambert, James. 1676 (1676) Wing L231; ESTC R41333 20,191 67

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well again presently IX A good Receipt for to take off an Anberry or Wart on any Beast THis Anberry cometh of Blood and is a spongie kind of Flesh full of Blood and Water and groweth most commonly on young Beasts betwixt one year old and four The Cure If it be of any bulk so that you can tie any thing about it take ten Horse-hairs and tie them about the Wart as hard as you can and once in eight days you will see it fall away and then you may heal it up with unslack't Lime and Honey and if it be flat then you must take it off with a hot Iron and heal it up as is said before and if it be in such a place as among Sinews and Veins then you must eat it away with Rosulger or Mercury and then stop the hole with Flax and the white of Eggs for two days and then heal it up with the Powder of unslack't Lime and Honey and it will do well Approved of my self X. A good Receipt for the Madness in the Head of Bull Ox or Cow FOr the madness in the Head it procedeth from Blood The Cure First cord them in the Neck and Blood them in the Temples under the Eyes and in the Ears and let them bleed very well and give them Fenigrick Turmerick Long Pepper and green Anniseeds all alike in Portions and but three Pence in the whole and the Juice of Rhue or else very small Graines and put all together and give it them in a quart of strong Ale or Beer Milk-warm and give the one half of the thinnest in at their Nostrils and the rest at their Mouth this Disease is easily found for they will reel as they go and set their Head into the Heck or against a Wall or a Gate and two men can hardly stir them And thus much for this Disease for I have approved it XI For the Garget in the Maw FOr the Garget in the Maw you may perceive it by their drooping and heaviness in their Head and hanging down their Head and Ears their Heart will beat very sore and many times they will be very Costive in their Body and will not eat any thing but sit continually The Cure Let them Blood in the Neck-Veine and let them bleed very well and then draw your Cord and take Rhue Plantane Southernwood Wormwood Shepherds-purse Smalledge Calewort if you can conveniently get them or the most part of them every one half a handful bruise them very small and take a handful of Hens-dung and lay it in steep in a Pint of old Wash eight Hours and then strain forth the Hens-dung and put the Herbs and the Wash together and put a full quart of strong Ale to the Herbs and Wash and set them on the Fire and boyl the one half away and then strain them over again and put in an ounce of Treacle a spoonful of the Juice of Garlick and some Anniseeds and some Liquoris-powder blend all together and give to the Beast Milk-warm This is special good for the Murrain or for any Garget or Long-sought whatsoever it will cure them by Gods help Approved XII For the Yellows in the whole Body THis Disease is a forerunner of all Diseases and is the soonest found out for they will be Yellow in their Ears Eyes and in the Taile end and sometimes all over the Body The Cure You must blood them in the Ears and in the Tail very well and put some Salt in their Ears and rub them betwixt your Hands when they are blooded for to make them for to bleed and then give them two handfuls of Salt down their Throat dry over Night and in the Morning give them Fenegrick Turmerick long Pepper and Anniseeds and Liquoris but two pence in all the whole made in Powder and given them in a quart of Ale Milk-warm is very good for the overflowing of the Gall. Approved XIII For the Worm in the Tail FOr the worm you may presently perceive it by the Tail for sometimes the Hair will go off where the Worm lieth and most commonly the Joynts some of them is eaten asunder which you may feel knock one besides the other Many one doth conceive that when a Beasts Taile is soft below towards the end they have the Worm they are meerly mistaken for every Beast hath so The Cure You must be sure that you slit the Skin of the under side above the decayed Joynt just against the Vein and prick the Vein and let it Bleed very well then take Garlick Butter and Salt and bind it to and it will mend and slit their Gums against every Tooth and rub them with Salt and they will grow fast XIV For the making of Blend-Water THis Disease is as some do call it the Morehough it is a Disease that cometh several ways First it cometh of Blood and secondly it cometh from the Yellows which is a Ring-leader of all Diseases and thirdly it cometh by change of Ground the Ground being hard it breedeth this Disease which if they have not help in Six days they will be past help The Cure You must take a penniworth of Bole-armonick and as much Charcoal-flower as will fill an Egg-shell and a good quantity of the inner Bark of an Oak dried and pounded together to Powder and put them into a quart of new Milk and a pint of Erning and give it the Beast at twice and it will help them for certain Approved XV. Another good Receipt for the Blend-Water THis Receipt never failed Take a quart of new churned Milk and take a good piece of Lean-Salt-Hung-Beef and lay it upon the Coals and burn it as black as a Coal and when it is cold pound it to Powder also take a penniworrh of Bole-armonick and pound it and a handful of Shepherds-purse and put all together and give it to the Beast for it never failed me XVI A good Receipt for the Water Murrain THis Disease cometh of Rankness of Blood and chiefly it taketh those that are young betwixt one year old and three this Disease is easie to find out for they do swell on the Back and both sides the Chine and if they have not present help they will die the Hide will be puffed up to the Shoulder-blade on both sides The Cure You must first let them Blood in the Neck and give them some Fenegrick Turmerick long Pepper Spikenard all made into Powder and give it them in Ale or Beer Milk-warm and for the swelling on the Back you must take three handfuls of Salt and a pint of Spring water and a pint of Whitewine Vinegar and take a ●ittle Allom and pound it and put it all together and beat it with a Slice until it be white like Milk and then bathe the swelled places very well it will dry up the rhume and they will be well presently by Gods help Approved And for the preventing of this Disease Blooding is the best in time Also if they be swelled
off The Cure Take a little Wax Honey Turpentine Swines-grease and Wheat-flower and set them all on the Fire and let them boyl gently stir and blend them together and then take them from the Fire and use them at your leisure And if there be a cut of any deepness lay in a Tent of Flax or Linnen cloth dipped in the Salve and lay a Plaister of the same over it and let it lie on four and twenty Hours then remove it and that is enough and it will heal it for certain Approved XLIV For to make a Cow take the Bull by Milk IF your Cow be in good case and you would have her to take Bull if you have any Cow that is a Bulling or any Neighbours Cow get a quart and a half of that Cows Milk that is on the Road and give it to that Cow that you would have to be a Bulling and let the Bull go with her and she will be a Bulling within six or eight days at the farthest XLV For to keep an Ox sound FOr to keep an Ox sound you must wash his Mouth with his own Water and Whitewine-vinegar once in twelve days and it will bring a great deal of Flegme and Water off which would take away his Stomach and cause him to hang down his Ears and have weeping Eyes Also wash his Mouth with Whitewine-vinegar and Time stamped in a little Salt likewise wash his Tongue very well and he will have a very good stomach again XLVI For the Feaver in a Beast THis Feaver may be taken in the heat of Summer in driving or hard labouring and by drinking cold Water when they are exceeding hot and so cause a shaking on them first and afterwards produce a Feaver The Signs They will be very heavy in the Head and will have swoln Eyes and an extream heat in their Bodies their Hair will stand of a Sweat upon their Backs The Cure You must cut them some Grass and give them some Lettice amongst it to cool their Bodies and the next morning let them blood in the Neck-vein and give them the juice of Purslain blended with Gum Dragant Anniseeds the Powder of Damask Roses and put into it a quart of strong Ale and make it sweet with Honey Then blend all together and give it to them three mornings one after another Milk-warm and keep them warm and they will mend presently by Gods help Approved XLVII For the Scab on a Beast FOr the Scab on a Beast take his own Water Salt Butter and Whitewine-vinegar with a little Salade Oyland a little Brimstone blend all together and rub it on and it will mend presently XLVIII A good Receipt for to purge Beasts FOr to purge Beasts and to cleanse the inner part of their Bodies you must give them the dross of Olives after the Oyl is pressed out in new Milk Also take a quart of Clay-water and put in two penniworth of Honey and two penniworth of Salade Oyl and twelve Laurel Leaves dried and made into Powder put all together and make it warm and give it to the Beast Also take half a pound of sweet Soap and sweet Ale that is in the Fat and put in twelve Laurel leaves or the powder of the same ground small or pounded into the sweet Ale and Soap and blend all together and give it to the Beasts Milk-warm and it will help them Also take a half-penny Candle and put up at his Fundament as far as you can reach and leave it behind in the Body Approved XLIX For a dry Hoarsness or Cough in a Beast THis Hoarsness or Cough in Ox or Cow must be carefully looked to for it will grow in time to a worse Disease therefore it is good to prevent it The Cure Take the distilled Water of Hyssop or else the decoction of Mint and Hyssop together with the juice of Leeks and give it with the Oyl of Olives and a little Garlick for there hath not been so long a Cough known but this Medicine hath helped it sometimes if it be an easie Hoarsness you may give them Tar with Honey-water and it will help them for certain Approved L. Another good Receipt for purging of Cattel THere is nothing better for purging Cattel at tht Spring before they go to Grass then to keep them in the House a Week give them Cinnamon or Harts-horn and common Salt boyled together warm Also give them Tar Butter Honey brown Sugarcandy and the powder of the leaves of Lawrel either in Balls or in warm water and when they go to Grass within a Week after let them Blood and give them a handful of Rhue in a pint of Ale warm and this is called the preservation of Health to any Cattel that is ready to feed or any other service LI. Another good Receipt for the Fever in Beasts either in Winter or Summer CAttel may sometimes get the Fever in Winter as well as in Summer if the Beast be low in Flesh by drinking cold Water especially in a morning they will begin to shake and tremble and if they chance to get the Fever they will tremble and have heavy Eyes and groan and froth a little at the Mouth The Cure First let them Blood and then give them a drink of a quart of Ale and four roots of Plantane two spoonfuls of the best London-Treacle and let their meat be sprinkled with Water and they will do well Approved LII For an inward sickness in Cattel IF you cannot find out the Disease of the Beast take a quart of Ale and a handful of Wormwood a handful of Rhue and a handful of Rosemary all being bruised in a Mortar and then boyled a little strain the Herbs forth very well and add two spoonfuls of the juice of Garlick and as much of the juice of Housleek and as much London-Treacle and blend all together and give it to the Beasts Milk-warm and they will mend presently Approved LIII An excellent Cure for a Burn in a Bulls Yard or in a Cows Matrix FOr a burned Bull you must first cast him and pull forth his Yard and wash both his Sheath and Yard with Whitewine vinegar then take the juice of Housleek burnt Allom Honey and the juice of Lettice blend all together and annoint the Bulls Yard and use it some three times and he will mend And for the Cow you may wash and annoint her Bearing and she will mend Approved of my self LIV. For a sucking Calf that scowreth YOu must take a pint of Verjuice and Clay that is burnt until it be red or very well burned Tobacco-pipes and pound them to Powder and searse them very finely and put to a little powder of Charcoal and blend all together and give it to the Calf and he will mend in a night for certain LV. For A Bull that shedeth his Seed TAke Clary-leaves and dry them and pound them to Powder and take the Powder of Tanners Bark and brown Sugar-candy and take two penniworth of