58 SPAVINS. 



with a wax thread, undenieath the vein, and 

 making the hgatiires at the parts most ap- 

 plicable to the extirpation intended. Should 

 any inflammation or extreme swelling attend 

 the parts after operation, warm fomentations 

 and mild poultices must be made use of till 

 they subside; after which the wound must 

 be treated with digestives till the exuberance 

 is sloughed off with the dressings, and the 

 cicatrization, or skinning over, is accom- 

 plished, as in the case of abscesses and 

 wounds, which will be treated of hereafter, 

 when we come to that class. 



Every degree of information, observation, 

 and experimental investigation, defines a 

 BONE SPAVIN to be cxactly in a greater de- 

 gree behind what a splent is acknowledged 

 to be before ; formed nearly by the same 

 means, fed nearly in the same manner, dif- 

 fering only in its critical situation ; which 

 from a contiguity to the joints, and ligamen- 

 tary appen^lages, becomes so much the more 

 an object of concern and attention, to avoid 

 the certain impediment of lameness, which 

 will in time inevitably ensue, if not prevent- 

 ed by reduction or extirpation. Much ad- 

 vice, and many directions, might here be 



