.i82 Sprain or Clap in the Back- Sinew, 



jment for a quarter of an hour every night and morning; a thick lineft 

 compress wetted with the eame should be ^ipplied smoothly over the 

 part, and a calico bandage of three fingers breadth and four or five 

 ;yards in lengthy should be rolled over the. compress, being first tho- 

 roughly soaked v/ith the following mixture. 

 Take of Acetated Ceruss 2 Drachms, 

 Strong Vinegar, 



British or Irish Spirits, each one pint, mix. 

 The bandage should be applied smoothly and moderately tight; it 

 should extend from about two inches above the coronet, to within two 

 er three inches of ^the knee, and should be secured by a few stitches 

 rather tlian by pins, or by any thin material tied over it, which would 

 occasion unequal pressure on the part. The bandage should be 

 wetted with. the above composition as often as it grows dry, by^neans 

 of a sponge, and at every fresh application its. tightness may be en- 

 creased, unless this should be forbid by a greater degree of tender- 

 ness of the part on pressure, or by any considerable swelling above 

 or below the bandage. — A loose stall or out-house, will be found to 

 be attended with the most decided advantage, during the inflammato- 

 ry symptoms of this complaint, .and when the parts have so far reco- 

 vered their tone, that the Horse walks with little perceptable lameness, 

 he may be led out few: twenty minutes at a time, with the bandage on, 

 two or three times a day. After this plan has been persisted in for 

 a fortnight or three weeks, in case any swelling or lameness remain, 

 it may be adviseable to blister the part; and on the second day after 

 the blister, the Horse should be turned out to grass for a month, at 

 Ihc expiration of which time a second blister may possibly be neces- 

 sary ; in case the weather forbid turning him out, he shoule get tw© 



