60 SPAVINS. 



through the skin, above the diseased part, 

 about the middle thereof: there introduce 

 a cornet and dilate the skin with it as far 

 as the swelling reaches. Make another 

 smaller longitudinal incision, throuoih the 

 skin, belovv^ the swelled part, directly op- 

 posite to the wound above ; in doing which, 

 your probe introduced at top will direct 

 you. At the superior w^ound a caustic 

 wrapped up in a piece of lint is to be in- 

 troduced, and there left. The caustic dis- 

 solved is carried oif by the inferior wound, 

 the whole is directly to be covered with a 

 warm adhesive charge, and this is the 

 w^hole of the operation. The caustic thus 

 introduced under the skin acts both ways, 

 namely, on the membrane underneath it, 

 and the outer tegument upon it. Thus 

 the membrane, outer tegument, and the 

 charge, throw themselves off together, and 

 the diseased or swelled part becomes fair 

 and smooth. The horse should be turned 

 out, or kept in a loose stable ; and if the 

 char«:e comes off before the wound is well, 

 another should be immediately applied. 

 But in spite of this, and all other methods 

 used for this disorder, the horse will very 

 frequently remain full as lame as he was 



