HORSES. 1^ 



twice a day with aa ointment of hog's lard, mixed with a little 

 sublimate mercury. 



Spavin ; a swelling about the joints of horses, causing lame- 

 ness. There are two kinds of this disorder, a blood'^spavin 

 and a bag spavin. The former is a swelling of the vein that 

 runs along the inside of the middle joint of the hind legs, w'hich 

 is frequently attended with a lameness of the joint. To cure 

 it, says Mr. Gibson, apply restringents and a bandag-e tightly 

 drawn round the joint ; for then, if early applied, it will gener- 

 ally effect a cure : but if by these means the vein is not reduc- 

 ed to its usual dimensions, the skin should be opened, and the 

 vein tied with a crooked needle and a wax thread, passed un- 

 derneath, ahove. and below the swelling, and the turged part 

 will then digest away with the ligatures. Let the wound be 

 daily dressed with a mjxture of turpentine, honey, and spirit 

 of wine. 



The bag spavin is merely a cyst, or bag, filled with the gel- 

 atinous matter of the joint, erupted from its proper place. To 

 cure this, cut into the bag and let the matter discharge ; then 

 dress the sore with lint dipped in oil of turpentine, putting into 

 it once in three or four days, apmvder made of calcined v°itriol, 

 allum, and bole. By this method of dressing, the bao- will 

 come away, and a cure will be effected without any visible 

 scar. Should this fail of a cure, the hot iron is directed to be 

 applied ; and in that case if the joint becomes inflamed, apply 

 a poultice over the dressings, till the swelling is reduced. 



Staggers. When this disease is occasioned byhardusao-e 

 Gibson directs to take a pint of blood from his neck, and then 

 a quart from some vein in his hinder parts, and that he be kept 

 on moderate cleansing diet. 



When the disease arises from an apoplectic disorder, he 

 must be treated as before, and exercising every day with 

 chewing assafoBteda, savin, and other noisome medicine, which 

 will keep hini in constant action, and forward the circulation 

 of the blood in the small vessels ; afterwards recourse must be 

 had to clysters, strong purgatives, rubbing, and exercise. 



When it arises from the swimming of the head, the animal 

 reels, turns around and falls. For this take an ounce of senna, 

 boiled in ft9e pints of water with four ounces of common trea- 

 cle, and the usual quantity of oils or lard, to throw on as a clys- 

 ter, and repeat this for two or three days ; after this he niay 

 "have a drink of beer, in wiiich the roots of peony, angelica, rue 

 rosemary, and flowers of lavender, have been steeped. If the 

 disease continues obstina^.e, balls of cinnibar and a^safceteda, 

 With bog berries, will be proper : here, as in apopleQtive cases, 



