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Excerpt from The Horseman's Friend: Or Pocket Counsellor
Cause: A bruise or stroke of some kind, pro duces fever in the muscle. Cure, before 'it breaks: Rub it efi'ectually, -once or twice a day, with smart-weed, until the cure is effected. Should the disease make its appearance during the winter, gather the weed during the summer and dry it, and, before using it, boil it. The same will answer for a collar bruise, or any other bruise. After the Poll Evil or Fistula breaks, Open it largely with a knife; after which mix soft soap and lime, and fill the cut and leave in for two days; then clean it out and heal; or, take one quart of strong ley and boil it into a salve - apply a portion of the salve every two hours, until the core comes out. If this remedy does not cure upon the first application, try again as it is a certain cure. Should the ley after being boiled down leave a hard substance, it must be worked into a salve.
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