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QUitter-bone is a round hard swelling upon the Cronet of the hoof, betwixt the hoof and the * 1.1 quarter, and for the most part groweth on the inside of the foot: the Original effect there∣of is the fretting of gravel underneath the shoo••, which bruiseth the heel; or else by means of some
stub, or the pricking of some nail, through the pain whereof the gristle is loosened, breeding evil humors, which be indeed the ground of the Quitter-bone: it is to be known by the Horses hast∣ing, and by the apparent swelling to the eye of that part, which in three or four days will grow un∣to a head and break, evacuating great abundance of filthy matter at a little hole. The cure is thus: Take a hot Iron, made in fashion of a knife, and with it burn out the flesh, in compass of a Moon, till you come to feel the gristle, then burn it out too: Then take Verdigrease, fresh Butter, and Tar, molten together, and dip fine Tow therein, stop up the hole, then lay thereon a Sear-cloth of Deer-sewet and Wax, and so let him rest for the first day: the next day; take of Mel rosatum, Oyl of Roses, Wax, and Turpentine, of each like quantity, infuse them all on the fire toge∣ther; and with the Salve dress the sore morning and evening, till it be whole. But if you finde any proud flesh to grow, then forget not to lay thereon some red Lead, or Verdigrease: and with∣all have an especial regard, that the upper part of the wound heal not faster then the bottom, for fear of Fistulating.
Markham▪