or dried Lavender a handfull boil them in Ale or White-wine and give him the Liquid part ordering him as for the former For any disease and stoppage in the Liver The Obstructions in the Liver frequently happen through excess of humours that not capable of being digested into good and wholsome blood clog and hinder the cavities of the passages and by that means cause pains and sickness Now to remove these humours known by the dullness of the countenance hanging of the head often straining and inward groaning Take Agremony Cammomoil Eumetory Pursley Woormwood Succory Endive the Seeds of Lupins and Flowers of Mayweed a handfull Licoris Gentian and Spikenard of each an ounce bruise them well and boil them in a quantity sufficient of Syder or Perry and give it the Horse very warm and let him walk thereupon for the space of an hour after and for a fortnight after be sparing in his diet that the humours by this means may disperse and consume For a Botch or Sorrance in the Groin of a Horse a good Cure. When by the Tumourousness of the flesh you perceive a swelling to arise in the Groin of a Horse Take Shoomakers Wax the white sort add to an ounce of it half an ounce of the Powder of Bilthwortroots and as much Amoniacum and over a gentle fire make them into a Plaster which being spread upon a feather apply it to the place till the swelling is ripe for breaking then Lance it and take out the putrefaction after that wash the Sorrance with Water wherein Allom and Honey have been dissolved till you find it begin to heal then anoint it with Vnguentum Aegyptiacum and bind it up For a general Manginess the Remedy This happens through the corruption of the blood and grossness of humour occasioned by over-labouring over-heating and bad feeding or any of these and may be sometimes catched by contagion from other Horses the sign is an extraordinary itching which you may observe by his scrubbing and the rising of little Knots within the Skin which being perceived Take Verdegrease two ounces common Soap a pound Oyl of Spike two ounces Linseed-oyl a pint Red-wine half a pint incorporate them over a gentle fire reducing them to the thickness of an Oyntment having first let the Horse Blood anoint him with the Oyntment after the Scurf and Scabs are like-likewise rubbed off and so continue to do for a week or so long till you perceive the distemper to cease by the dying of the Scabs and the coming of good flesh The Barbs what they are and how removed This troublesome Sorrance happens under the tongue of the Horse being composed of too long bags of flesh like Paps or Nipples growing as they abound with humour more or less and hinder the Horse much in his feeding putting him to no small trouble Now to remedy it clip them off close to the Jaw and Take of Allom an ounce Honey the like quantity Bay-salt a handfull and the Juyce of Mint a quarter of a pint dissolve and boil these in a quart of fair water and wash the roots of the Barbs till they heal Some there are that advise Burning them off but in my opinion by reason of their scituation that is neither so easie to be done nor safe least the Tongue-string or small Veins be thereby rendred useless and consequently the Horse defective in his feeding For Blood-shot Eyes an excellent Remedy The Eyes by straining blow or super-abundance of corrupt blood becoming red and rheumy so that unless speedily cured they may turn to further prejudice if not to blindness To cure this Take the Juyce of a Lemon the crumbs of White-bread Bole-armorick and a rotten Apple bruise them together and make of them a Cattaplasm or Plaster Then take the Powder of the Roots of Mallows with that of a crust of brown Bread and blow into the Eyes binding over them the Plaster or rather Poultis and in so doing three or four times the Blood and Rheum will be driven back and dispersed but if it be so great that this cannot conquer it then bleed your Horse in the Temple-veins For any Film Bite or Blow in the Eye a Remedy Take Copras that which is white a quarter of an ounce and the like quantity of Verdegrease beat them to Powder and dry them well upon a Plate or Spatula and after that take of it to the quantity of half a dram and blow it into the Eye with a quill then close the Horse's Eye a quarter of an hour and after that wash it with eye-bright-Eye-bright-water and so continue to do till all your Powder is wasted and then you will perceive a brightness in your Horse's Eye all grievances being vanished To kill Lice or remove Flies from offending your Horse Take the Flower of Brimstone an ounce Quicksilver well killed the like quantity the Oyl of Spike two ounces mix them with the Whites of two Eggs and then boil them in two quarts of strong Urin and anoint the Horse therewith and it will prevent either the annoyance or cure it when contracted To rid a Horse from any foulness or disorder in the Body Take of Groundsel half a handfull red Sage the like quantity Smallage and Wormwood each a handfull shread them small and boil them well in a pint and a half of Ale into which put a quarter of a pound of fresh Butter and an ounce of the Powder of Mechocan give the Liquid part to your Horse to drink as warm as possible and feed him with Mashes for a day afterward For an extraordinary Bruise or Bite Take of Caliminaris quenched in White-wine two drams an ounce of the Juyce of Housleek and two ounces of the Seeds of Mallows with an ounce of Venice-Treacle make them up into balls as big as Walnuts and give them the Horse in a quarter of a pint of Salad-oyl and at the same time apply a Plaster of Hemlock and Barrows-grease well stamped and mixed together And this being done for a week together will work strange effects in relation to a cure For a Horse that is troubled with the Strangling a Cure. Take of Elder-buds or the Bark of the Root of that Tree a good handfull Wormwood and the herb Mercury of each half a handfull and as much wild Tansey boil them well in two quarts of Vinegar and give them the Horse that is the Liquid part as hot as may be fasting To remedy the Swelling of a Horse upon having eaten any Infectious thing in his Grass or Provender that may if not remedied prove dangerous This grievance is known by the slavering of the Beast the staring of the Eyes and the rising of the Belly the beating of the Flanks and a cold sweat which perceived Take of the Juyce of Rue one pint two quarts of Milk and a pint of Olive-oyl boil them together till a third part be consumed and then sweetning it it with brown Sugar give it the Horse For a Heart-burning or Wasting
and apply them Poultis-wise to the place grieved as hot as conveniently may be endured For a Swelling in the Throat or under the Ears Take Neetsfoot-oyl a pint of the leaves of Marigolds a handfull Saffron a dram and of white Bread four ounces boil them together till they become the thickness of a Poultis and apply them hot to the place grieved To draw or break a Boyl or Vlcerons Sore c. Take the flowers of Lady-cups the roots of Cuccowpintle the leaves of Burdock and the flowers or roots of Water-lillies of each half a handfull boil them in a quart of Linseed-oyl and Mash them into a smallness which done apply them Plaster or Poultis-wise binding them hot to the place grieved as conveniency directs An excellent Poultis to asswage any Pain or superate Tumour Take the leaves of Mallows half a handfull of Groundsel one handfull boil them in Running-water till they may be made into a Mash then add to them a pint of Cream and two ounces of crumbled Wheaten-bread of Mutton-suet half a pound Oyl of Roses two ounces and the Whites of two Eggs boil them all till they become the thickness of a Poultis and in that manner apply it to the place grieved renewing it as you see occasion A Poultis to break any Infectious Sore Take of Lilly-roots two ounces Marshmallows and Violet-roots of each the like quantity Rye-meal and Linseed-oyl of each four ounces of Barley and Wheat-meal each an ounce to these add two blew Figs of the flowers of Cammomoil half an ounce and the bark of Elder-roots the like quantity boil them stamped and well bruised till they may be strained into a pulp then add again Barrows-grease and Oyl of Almonds of each two ounces and apply it to the place till you perceive it drawn to a head after which you may Lance it and with a Plaster of Diaculum draw out the Infectious matter and heal the griewed part To disperse the Flux or Oppression of Blood in any part Take Frankincense Alloes Dragon's blood and Bole-armorick of each half an ounce the Whites of two Eggs and the Wool of an old Hare mingle them well in a pint of Aquavitae and let them boil till they come to a thickness then Plaster-wise apply them to the place grieved as hot as may be endured For an Imposthume or sudden Swelling in any part of the Body Take French Barley a pound bruise it with the like quantity of Linseed shread to them a handfull of Marshmallows and seeth them together in a quart of new Milk till they come to a solid thickness then as hot as may be endured apply them to the Swelling and so continue to do for four or five days successively In case of the Palsey in the Head a disease seldom happening to Horses apply this Poultis viz. Take a large Onion roast it well then put to it an ounce of the Oyl of Spike Olive-oyl and Lavender-flowers of each two ounces Marjorum and Winter-savory of each half a handfull well shread boil these and apply them as a Poultis hot as may be well endured And thus much in brief of things in this kind AS for Balms and Balsoms seeing they are wonderfull usefull on sundry occasions I think it not amiss to speak something more of them and their use by way of Receipt And first To heal and contract any Wound Take of Mummy three ounces Alloes Epatick half the quantity Stone-pitch two ounces Sarcol half an ounce Gum-arabick and Mastick of each a quarter of an ounce add to these half a pint of Aquavitae melt and order them over a gentle fire till they become a Balm and then as occasion serves dipping a Linnament in the contracted Medicament apply it to the Wound as often as is convenient An inward Balm to destroy Worms and heal Internal Bruises Take Oyl of Turpentine half a pound Myrrh Storax and Galbanum of each an ounce Cloves and Cinamon in Powder of each half an ounce Deer's-suet half a pound and of Amber-grease a dram make them into a Balm over a gentle fire and give the Horse in warm Ale the quantity of a Walnut fasting An excellent Balm in case of any Sprain Internal Bruise Swelling Blasting old Sore or Gun-shot Take of Turpentine an ounce Galbanum two ounces Cicatrine Mastick Cloves Galingal Cinamon Nutmegs Cubebs of each an ounce Gum of Jope half an ounce beat them and well incorporate them then distill them over a gentle fire in a Glass and when the thinest part is drawn off the next will be a Red Oyl and that is it which is to be applied with the greatest success though the first is wonderfull efficacious and usefull on many occasions An excellent Balm to be given a Horse inward in case of a Consumption Take of the best Turpentine a pound Pine-Rosin a fourth part Myrrh Frankincense and Mastick of each two ounces Sarcocoâ— Mace Wood of Alloes of each an ounce and of Saffron half an ounce put them in a Glass retort in hot Embers and after the Water or the clearer part is drawn off there will come forth a redish Oyl which may be given him four drams in a morning fasting suffering him to take it in half a pint of warm Ale. An excellent Red Water to cure Vlcers Make a Lye of Ashwood-ashes that a gallon of the liquid part may be drawn from it and add to it a gallon of Tanners Ousey in which no Leather has been steeped steep in these two pounds of Madder and dissolve half a pound of Roach-Allom then let them simper over a soft fire till a third part be consumed after which run it through a fine Sieve and dust into it Bole-armorick which done set it again over the fire till it come to half the quantity and so as you see occasion you may wash the place grieved with it An excellent Water to allay any Internal heat or feaverish Indispondency Take of Savory Sorrel Bugloss Burrage and Endive of each a handfull chop them small and boil them in two quarts of Running-water scuming it till half be consumed and add as much Verjuyce as will make it up the first quantity sweeten the Liquid part with brown Sugar and reserve it for your use giving the Horse half a pint at a time fasting In case a Horse be troubled with the Stone an excellent Water Take two quarts of new Milk and of Saxafrage Parsley Mint Fennel Pellitory of the Wall Mother Thyme green Sage and the roots of Radishes each an ounce bruise the latter adding two quarts of White-wine and so if your conveniency will admit distill them if not boil them and strain out the Liquid part and give him half a pint at a time having first scraped into it the Powder of a roasted Nutmeg For any disease in the Eyes another excellent Water c. Take of Maiden-hair and Ground-ivy a handfull of each the flowers of Arch-angel the like quantity the powder of Alablaster two ounces
grieved and if no store of corruption or a contraction of evil humours attend those Kernels then will it sink them so that they will not be offensive and if there be humours it will break and disperse them For the Navel-gall the Remedy Take an indifferent fine Rag. dip it in Brandy and Sallad-oyl well incorporated over a gentle fire bathe and supple well the place grieved and to make it penetrate the better run it over afterward with an exceeding hot cloth and in often so doing the Cure will be wrought For a Blow Bruise or the like misfortune that causes a a Swelling or Tumour the Remedy If the swelling be about the Head let the Horse blood in the Neck-vein on that side the misfortune befell which done to prevent the Farcy or the like Take of Anniseeds Rue Turmerick and red Sage each about an ounce shread them into a quart of Beer or Ale and suffering them to infuse therein for the space of a night press out the next morning the liquid part very hard and give it him cold to drink surfering him to fast after them for the space of four hours then having in readiness a charge made of Aquavitae and Soap spread it upon a Leather so much as will cover the swelling and your expectation will be answered The Scratches their Remedy The Scratches are a troublesome Sorrance found upon the hinder heels of a Horse on the Pasterns and somewhat above and are caused by the breaking out of evil humours setling there To cure which Take of Hen's-dung and black Soap each two ounces incorporate them with Hog's-grease or Neats-foot-oyl over a gentle fire till they become an Oyntment then having dried and rubbed the Horse's heels anoint them with it and bind on the Oyntment or Swathe the Legs with a warm cloth not suffering the Horse to come into the water And if this prove not a sufficient Remedy at several times using try this more powerfull Take Beef-broth and bathe his Legs well therewith over night and rubbing them clean the next morning take two ounces of Deer's Suet the like quantity of Speck-oyl and an ounce of Verdegrease beat them well together in half a pint of Train-oyl put them into an Earthen-pot on a gentle fire and stir them well together and anoint the place grieved chafing it in with a hot cloth keeping him out of the water and dirty ways For Foot-foundering a Remedy Having found by the lameness or crimpling of your Horse that he is foundered which mostly happens by unseasohably travelling in dirty ways and not being well regarded upon his setting up bleed him a little in the Thigh or if you can conveniently in the Fetock-vein and set on his Shooe hollow the Wool or Cotton may be thrust between as occasion requires it then Take Venice Turpentine and spread it upon a Lock or Wad thereof putting it with a flat stick between the Shooe and the Hoof the latter being well pared keeping it in with a piece of Leather and renewing it every three days and as you see his Hoof grow again pare him even to the quick applying the Plaister and suffering him to run in soft though not in dirty or mirey ground For a Canker in the Head a Remedy When you find by the rawness and yellow matter that this grievance has seized your Horse to remedy it before it grow desperate Take a pint of Olive-oyl of Burgundia-Pitch three ounces and an ounce of washed Turpentine put them all into a Pipkin and mix them together over a gentle fire and when they are well mixed add an ounce of Verdegrease and boil them up to the thickness of a Salve ever keeping the matter stirring and making a Plaister apply it to the Canker according to the advantage of the place where it is scituate having first rubbed off the Scurf or Scales and if so it happen to be in the Nostrils having washed it with a Spunge at the end of a stick dipped in Salt and Vinegar to cleanse it wet the Salve and dipping a feather therein anoint the place grieved with it when warm and capable of sticking by the like application For the Mangey or dry Scurvey a Cure. Having cleansed the place by scraping off the Scurf or Scabs that it may lye open to the opperation of the Medicament or Application Take a quarter of a pint of strong Beer with two ounces of the Oyl of Turpentine and well mixing them by shaking in a Viol-glass anoint the place grieved with a feather tying up your Horse to prevent his unruliness during your so doing and till the sharpness of its opperation be over with a strong cord to the Rack then blow upon it Powder of Bole-armorick and bind the Sorrance gently with a cloth this you may repeat once a week as often as you see occasion and when it heals which will be signified by the returning of the hair then may you supple it with Oyntment of Marshmallows and wash it with water wherein Charvil has been concocted or boiled The Vives and their Remedy For swanking in the Back or a strain in the Kidneys caused by indiscreet Riding or over-burthening Your Horse being under these circumstances mix well together two ounces of Nerve-oyl and the like quantity of the Oyl of Turpentine over a gentle fire and having a Sheeps-skin newly stripped off rub it with a brush or cloth all over the fleshey side and clapping the Skin upon the Horse's back especially where the grief is bind it on with broad Sursingles very strait bracing it with a Crupper behind and Straps before and give the Horse the Juyce of Peletory sweetned with Sugar-candy half a pint warm in a pint of Ale. For any pain or foulness in the Reins or Kidneys an excellent Scowring c. Take Treacle-Jean two ounces and Ruburb in Powder half an ounce with an ounce of the Juyce of Hysop to qualifie them put these into a pint of Beer or Ale when very hot and give it the Horse fasting A present relief for an Attaint or over-reach on the Heel or the like This mis-hap cometh to pass when the Horse with the Toe of his hinder Shooe strikes the Heel just at the setting on of the Hoof commonly called the Over-reach and if not timely regarded may prove dangerous for being not only a breaking of the flesh but a strong bruise it sometimes by its Rankling perishes the Sinews or otherwise renders the Horse lame or disabled And in this case clip away the hair and the batter'd skin or flesh which you will find hang loose and useless And having so done wash the dirt out of it with Water and Salt after which anoint it with Neats foot Oyl or Mutton-suet and then dip a wad of Flax in the Whites of Eggs and bind it hard with a list or soft string to the place and renew it till you find the Sorrance healed which will be in a week or thereabouts A Cure for the Sorrance called
the Ring-bone This Ring-bone is an Excressence generally growing upon the Instep just above the Hoof on the forepart of the hinder-leg and is many times as big as a Pigeon's Egg To remove this Tye up the contrary Leg of your Horse and strike with a sharp Bodkin according to the form in the Margent five or six holes in the Ring-bone at the edge of it suffering the holes to be of an equal distance and put into them Arsnick or White Mercury beaten into fine Powder and with the Skin of Mutton-suet bind the Sorrance up for the space of a day and a night and it will eat it away by its corrosive quality the foundation so that the Ring-bone being anointed with Supplements will fall off or crumble away For the Water-Farcion a Remedy This distemper is occasioned by the Horse's unwholsome feeding in low wet ground where the moisture is great insomuch that with the Grass the Horse takes in extraordinary quantities which frequently occasions soft swellings under the belly and chaps To cure this work A piece of Iron in the fashion of a Fleam and having heated it red hot strike it through the Skin of the Swellings and the contracted humours will flow thence being an oyly-oyly-water of colour yellowish and sometimes greyish and then there needs no more than to wash it with Chamber-lye as hot as can be well endured having mixed with it the infusion of Tobacco-stalks and Powder of Bole-armorick For the Ives a Remedy This distemper is found to grow like a Roll between the Neck and the hinder-part of the Jaw-bone and is of dangerous consequence if it ascend to the roots of the Ears The speediest Remedy for these is to let the Horse bleed well in the Neck-vein then take Pepper Hog's Lard and Vinegar each half an ounce with a spoonfull of the Juyce of Savin make them up as thick as may be put one half of them into one Ear and the rest into the other stop them in with Lint stitching up the Ears so fast that he cannot shake them out for the space of twenty four hours and they will distill into the Head an opperative quintessence that will dissolve the swelling To take off the Film or Skin from a Horse's Eye To remove this Obstruction to the sight Take a piece of lean hung Beef or other salt Beef dry it in an Oven to that degree that it may be reduced to Powder and do the like by a stick of Licoris so take of them an equal quantity and a third part of Burnt Roach-Allom mix them well and each morning blow with a Quill about a peny weight into the Horse's Eye drawing the lids together if he will suffer it the better to keep in the Powder and in so doing every other day for five or six days together the Film will vanish This likewise will remove the Pin and Web. A Mallender the Remedy to Cure it Having rubbed it well with a cloth mix Soap with red Mercury precipitate and having anointed the place grieved therewith take away the hair and having four days successively anointed it in the same manner afterward use mollifying Oyls or Oyntments to take away the heat of the former unguent and then wash the place with Urin or Vinegar till it be restored For the Palsey or Apoplexy a Remedy These distempers are occasioned by the Nerves and Sinews as also the Brain being afflicted with bad humours or ascending vapours and the signs are the stiffness of the Neck and hinder parts the hardness of his Flanks and the dullness of his Eyes To remedy which Take the Oyl of Peter and chafe it into those parts you perceive to be afflicted force it for its more speedy penetration with an Iron indifferently hot and after that give him half a pint of Peneroyal-water sweetned with Sugar and cover him up warm you may if you can oblige him to lye down cover him with the reeking Litter and gently twist a thumb-band of the same all over his Neck A Farcion in the Head and Neck to Cure. For this distemper proceeding from corrupt humours the Neck-veins must be breathed Then mix the Juyces of Housleek and Hemlock a like quantity not exceeding two spoonfulls adding a spoonfull of Olive-oyl and dividing them into equal potions put a half into each Ear stopping it in with Cotton or Lint and tye up the Ears for twenty four hours giving him at the end of three hours a warm Mash with a few Coreander-seeds in it A Linnament to cleanse a Wound new or old Take Elder-roots dry and beat them to Powder and boil the Powder with Honey and a little Allom-water and make a Pessary or Linnament and dipping it therein when blood-warm wrap it round your Proble and gently cleanse the Wound Washing it likewise with water and it will cause it to fill with flesh For Kibed-heels commonly called the Mules a Remedy These Sorrances are no other than dry Scabs breeding upon the Horse's heels and so inward to the fetlock in long chinks chops and creases c. and the occasion is going in wet and dirty ground and then heated without any regard or good looking to which makes even a good Horse when so afflicted stiff and unfit for service To remedy which Take Calcined Tartar and dissolve it in Water and when it is congealed in the nature of Salt mix it with Soap and the Oyl of Tobacco and with it anoint the Sorrance washing it before and after with strong Beef-broth and in four or five days with this continuance they will be well especially if the Chops or Rifts are not exceeding deep The Quitter-bone what it is with its Remedy An excellent Cure for the Blood-spavin c. Take up and knit the Vein above the grievance and having divided it take of Linseed a pint bruise it well and fry it in a Pan with new Cow-dung and add more four ounces of Hog's Lard and two of the Juyce of Hemlock and so in the form of a Cataplasm apply it renewing it every day and it will cause the Sore to come to a head and then by breaking it brings away the corruption For a Neather Attaint or Over-reach in the Pastern-Joynt This Sorrance is known by a little gellied bladder on the hollow of the Pastern-Joynt not much differing from a Wind-gall which though many times not to be seen at a distance yet may it be found and known by feeling To cure or remove this Take a small cord or list and rowl it somewhat strait from the Knee to the Neather-Joynt and then with a Fleam let out the corrupt matter which being pressed out Take the Whites of four Eggs a handfull of Bay-salt and two ounces of the Juyce of Hemlock mix them well together and dipping a Rag into them or rather a wadd of Flax having first unbound the string lay it on the place where the swelling was and bind it softly on and so continue to renew it for the space of four
Sugar-candy or fine Sugar give it him blood-warm fasting and keep him warm with a cloth for the space of two hours after without Meat A Cure for a sore or defective Mouth The sores or disorders in the Mouth are occasioned either by bad blood or excessive colds creating rheums and noisome vapours that afflict the pallate for there they generally begin and from thence descending to the Jaws do in a great measure obstruct the feeding and hinder the shutting of the Mouth Now when it happens in the Palate only the best expedient is to let blood in the Mouth by cutting the third barr or as your discretion leads you The Horse being let blood Take of strong old Cheese four ounces and a Root of Garlick bruise them well and boil them in water wherein Plantane has been concocted and with the Liquid part wash the Mouth and Tongue of the Horse as hot as it may well be endured so continuing often to do till you find the grievances to decrease and if it be so far gone that this proves not effectual Take a pint of Verjuyce a handfull of Bay-salt a quarter of a pint of the Juyce of Housleek and a penyworth of Diascordium boil them well and having washed his Mouth with Savin-water or water wherein Savin has been concocted give him the before-mentioned potion to drink luke-warm For the Mellet in the Heels a Cure. Take three ounces of Casteel-soap a pound of English Honey Allom two ounces and of Lime-juyce or Verjuyce a quarter of a pint with half a handfull of Bean-flower incorporate them over a gentle fire and having reduced them to a convenient thickness bind a part of it with Leather or thick Linnen upon the place grieved suffering it without renewal to continue there for the space of five days and between each renewal wash the place well with Beef-broth keeping his Leg moist and roped up for some days after The Stavers their signs cause and cure This distemper is known by a dizziness in the Head a dullness of the Eyes and disorderly hanging of the Jaws and proceeds in chief from corrupt blood and infectious vapours that affect the brain and consequently put the whole frame out of order And this disease few Horses altogether escape The cure is to let him Blood in the Temple-veins or Neck-veins and having a potion made after this manner give it him hot viz. Take a handfull of Savin the like quantity of Rue an ounce of Ruburb and an ounce of Methridate give him these Ingredients the Liquid part well boiled in a quart of Spring-water sweetned with brown Sugar or Molossus For the Stone a very good Remedy This distemper is occasioned by gross humours which setling in the Reins or Bladder do in process of time by the help of heat and moisture grow to a hardness and so obstruct the passage of the Urin and by grating those tender parts cause exceeding pain and disorder to the creature so afflicted To dissolve or remove the Stone so contracted Take the Roots of Nettles Parsley Fennel and Sperage of each four ounces of Saxafrage and Dodder each a handfull bruise and boil them in a quart of White-wine and a pint of Vinegar untill a third part be wasted then add a handfull of Bay-salt and half a pint of Olive-oyl with half a pound of Honey and having strained out the thin part as hot as may be let him drink it fasting and so continue to to do for the space of a week together and you will find the pains will cease To take away a Wen in the Neck or any part of the Horse's Body without danger These Sorrances are generally caused by the assembling of bad humours to one place and their contracting into a Tumour To remove them therefore Take the Oyl of Bays Water of Tartar and Soap-boylers-Lees mix them well and being very hot dip a cloth therein and lay it upon the place grieved continuing often so to do and the humours thereby being dispersed the swelling will sink and disappear The Crownet-Scab what it is together with the Cure. This is a troublesome Sorrance being a Scab round the corners of the hoof very cankerous and dangerous and frequently comes by a Horse's running in wet and mirey ground especially in Winter-time whereby the cold has power to contract the gross and disordered humours and is known by the hairs standing up the unevenness of the Crownet and the watry humour that proceeds from thence Wherefore to cure it Take Verdegrease an ounce Rusty Bacon-fat two ounces Powder of Hart's-horn an ounce wash the place with Beef-broth and having made the before-mentioned materials into an Oyntment anoint the place hot as may be endured and continue so to do for a week together after which anoint it with Oyl of Bays or Rosemary To draw out a Thorn or Stump or any Iron or sharp thing gotten into the flesh If you cannot come at the cause of this kind of Sorrance so as to draw it out with your fingers or Pincers then mollifie the swelling or part where you conceive it to be and Take of Burgundy-pitch an ounce and of black Soap two ounces stamp the Roots of Water-lillys to the quantity of both the former and spreading them Plaster-wise lay them to the place a night and a day and thereby the swelling will not only be sunk or depressed but the head of the Thorn or Iron will appear to that degree that it may be easily taken out after which apply a Plaster of Diaculum or Oxicrotium to bring away the festered matter if any be found there and so heal it with green Oyntment For a Strain in the Coffin-Joynt or Socket of the Hoof. This Sorrance happens by a sudden short slip and is not thought of by many Farriers who are of the opinion That under the hoof there can be no slip or strain though the contrary appears and this is found out by taking up the foot and bowing the hoof from side to side and on that side you perceive the Horse to be pained in so doing on that side is the danger This being perceived Take of Beef-brine a pint and as much tried Suet set them on the fire and let them consume to a third part then add Wheat-meal and the Juyce of Alehoof or Ground-ivy half a pound or so much that they may be made up into the thickness of a Poultis when having pared the hoof at the bottom to the quick spread some of it very hot and stop it in with Flax and so renew it every other day till you perceive by your Horse's going the grief removed and the better to keep it on you may clap a cross stick under the shooe or cover the whole foot with a pitched cloth or a thick sole of Leather will do the same office but observe that during the cure you suffer him not to go in wet and dirty ground For a Horse that is perpetually sick or out of order by retaining a
and fresh Butter a quarter of a pound make them into an Oyntment over a gentle fire and as occasion serves apply them to the place grieved till you find the extraordinary heat abate An excellent Oyntment or rather Balsom to be inwardly given a Horse for Obstructions Bruises and other Ailments and Grievances Take of Refined or rarified Turpentine two ounces Stag's-suet the like quantity Amber-grease two scruples Olibanum an ounce Oyl of Roses two ounces and a dram of the Oyl of Amber heat these gently till they incorporate and then take a small quantity and with fine flower make a Paste to the bigness of a Walnut and give it the Horse to swallow giving him after it half a pint of warm Mallaga To make a green Oyntment proved by Experience more effectual than what has formerly been published Take the Juyce of Sage two ounces as much of that of Rue an ounce of Verdegrease and of Aqua-vitae half a quartern mix these over a gentle fire and add of the Powder of Elecampane-roots an ounce with the Powder of white Copras calcined half an ounce make them into an Oyntment with Olive-oyl and half an ounce of the Oyl of Turpentine An excellent Remedy for the Staggers or any Pain that suddenly takes a Horse sometimes to the loss of his life Take the fat of the Guts of a Capon two ounces Oyl of sweet Almonds two ounces of Olive-oyl half a pint incorporate them well over a gentle fire then drop into them the Chymical Oyl of Nutmeg a dram and the like quantity of that of Spicknard and Bay-berries and having incorporated them farther into an Oyntment when you perceive your Horse afflicted dip a feather in the Oyntment and thrust it up the nostrils of the Horse and anoint them as high as may be then burn under his nose Storax on a Chafing-dish of Charcole placing a Tunel so over it that the smoak may ascend into the nostrils only This is likewise good for any cold Rheum that afflicts the head and will bring away the superfluous humour An excellent Salve for any Wound Take Hog's Lard half a pound Bees-wax a pound Stone-pitch six ounces unslacked Lime beaten into Powder an ounce the Powder of dried Foxes Lungs an ounce make them into a Salve with two ounces of Turpentine and apply it Plaster-wise to any Gangreen ulcerous Sore Botch Strain Slip Spavin after its being opened or other Sorrance and by due application it will answer your expectation An approved Salve to draw any stub thorn or splinter of Bone or Wood out of the flesh Take of Burgundia-pitch four ounces the like quantity of Per-rosin Nut-oyl two ounces and the like quantity of Linseed-oyl and an ounce of the Juyce of Hemlock make them into the thickness of a Salve and apply it Plaster wise to the grieved part till you find the head of the offensive matter and then with your Instrument delate the flesh and draw it out To fill a Wound Vlcer or the like with good flesh an excellent Plaster Take Mutton-suet half a pound the Juyce of Baum a quarter of a pint the Oyntment of Marshmallows and Groundsel of each two ounces burnt Allom in Powder two ounces Rosin half a pound and Bees-wax as much as will make it up into a Salve A Salve to draw Corruption from the bottom of any Wound or to draw a Swelling or any such grievance to a head Take Turpentine half a pound Linseed-oyl half a pint Chalk beaten to Powder an ounce the Juyce of Orpin half a quartern Galbanum two ounces and Oyl of Vitriol a dram make them into a Salve and apply them to the place grieved and in so doing you will find your expectation answered To ripen a Tumour or asswage any Swelling not abounding with extraordinary humours Take the fat of an Urchin or Hedge-hog four ounces Tarr two ounces old Cheese well beaten in a Mortar four ounces the Juyce of Garlick half a quarter of a pint Bees-wax six ounces and Stone-pitch six ounces make them into a Salve and apply the Plaster on a piece of Sheeps-leather An excellent Poultis for a Tumour or Swelling Take Linseed-oyl half a pint the Whites of six Eggs Bole-armorick two ounces Groundsel and Smallage of each a handfull well bruised in a Mortar Celendine and Comfory the like quantity so ordered fry them together and lay them on as hot as may be This either allays the swelling if only fleshly occasioned by a stroke or Saddle-pinching or brings it to head in case it proceeds from humours gathering oâ— contracting in one place A Charge to ease a pain in the Back or for any Sprain Take new Cow-dung four ounces the roots oâ— Burdock two ounces washed and sliced Borage and Bugloss of each a handfull Oyl of Bays six ounces bruise them well together and heating them over the fire suffer them to be as hot as may be well endured and apply them as a Poultis To mollifie any Chap or rough Sore Take Comfory the roots of Scabeous and the leaves of Plantane boil them in Olive-oyl being first well bruised to a softness then add Neatsfoot-oyl half the quantity of the Olive-oyl and then strain off the Liquid part and with it anoint the place grieved For the Eyes of a Horse afflicted by any means an approved Water to cure or ease them Take of the Juyce of Pimpernel and Eyebright of each a like quantity both consisting of half a pint add to them the Powder of Lapis Calaminaris quenched in White-wine an ounce and as much of the Powder of burnt Allom two drams of the Calcine of Crabs-eyes and as much of the powder'd pith of Oysters dip a feather in them well mingled by stirring and rub it so dipped into the Eyes A Water to Wash the Mouth in case of any Sorrance or defect Take Spring-water a pottle Roach-Allom a pound and English Honey the like quantity dissolve them â—nto the Water over a gentle fire and add half a pint of the Juyce of Hysop and the like quantity of that of Celendine or Vervine boil them to the consumption of a third part and with the Water wash the Horse's mouth as you see occasion A Pill good for any Internal disorder c. Take of Alloes Epatick half an ounce Powder of Ruburb the like quantity the Juyce of Water-cresses half a quarter of a pint and the Berries of Juniper dried and beaten into Powder an ounce make these with the Oyl of Myrtle into Pills as big as hazle-nuts and give him four at a time successively in warm Ale or new Milk every morning A Supplement exceeding good for any strain or grief in the Sinews c. Take Bacon Lard half a pound the Oyl or Oyntment of Smallage two ounces black Snails a handfull the Powder of Mastick two ounces bruise and incorporate them and so apply them to the place grieved A Vomit for a Horse that has a Queesy stomach thereby to render him a good Appetite Take Spurg-lawrel