Of the Kernels.
THese are little bunches rising in the throat, which are to be cured by letting bloud in the shoulder, and unto this disease belongeth that which the Germans call Rangen, and the Ita∣lians, Sidor, which is not contagious, but very dangerous, for within two dayes the beast doth die thereof, if it be not prevented: This evil groweth in the lower part or chap of the Swines mouth, where it doth not swell, but waxing white, hardeneth like a piece of horn, through pain whereof the beast cannot eat, for it is in the space betwixt the fore and the hinder teeth; the remedy is to open the Swines mouth as wide as one can, by thrusting into it a round bat, then thrust a sharp needle through the same sore, and lifting it up from the gum, they cut it off with a sharp knife; and this remedy helpeth many if it be taken in time: Some give unto them the roots of a kinde of Gentian to drink, as a speciall medicine, which the Germans for that cause call Rangen cru••e; but the most sure way is the cutting it off: and like unto this there is such another growing in the upper chap of the mouth, and to be cured by the same remedy: the cause of both doth arise from eating of their meat over hot, and therefore the good Swineheard must labour to avoid that mischief: The mischief of this is described by Virgil:
Hinc canibus blandis rabies venit, & quatit aegros Tussts anhela sues, ac faucibus angit abe sis.