132 MODERN FARRIER. 



the vein is frequently callous and enlarged as high 

 as the head.' 



On the fii'st appearance of swelling in the part, 

 the pin should be taken out, and the part fomented 

 with warm water four or five times a day, and in 

 the intervals the following lotion may be used, ^dz. 



Golard, - - - - 1 drachm. 

 Spirits of wine, - - half a pint. 



To be put in a quart bottle, and filled up with 

 water. 



This treatment if regularly persisted in for a day 

 or two, will generally remove the swelling and in- 

 flammation ; but if the horse is fat, and considered 

 to be foul in his body, a mild dose of purging physic 

 may be given with advantage. It frequently hap- 

 pens, that horses which run in mail or stage-coaches 

 are injured in the neck after bleeding, by the rein 

 of the bridle rubbing against the pin which closes 

 the orifice ; and indeed instances have occiu"red of 

 horses Avhicli work in the night having the pin 

 forced out, and bleeding until they dropped down 

 before the accident was discovered. But, at all 

 events, a carriage-horse should not be worked on 

 the same day on which he is bled, because the pres- 

 sure of the collar in drawing always fills the vein by 

 stopping the circulation of the blood, and either 

 prevents the orifice in the vein from closing and 

 healing, or else bursts it open afresh after it has 

 barely united. 



When, however, the inflammation and swelling 

 do not subside, and matter forms, the edges of the 

 w^ound may be dressed with a small quantity of 

 butter of antimony, applied with the point of a fea- 

 ther, which may be used once in three days. At 

 the same time a poultice of bran may be applied, by 

 inclosing the poultice in a flannel bag, and tying it 

 easy round the neck. This will lubricate and soften 



