90 STRAINS. 



** leg, as nothing intervenes but a thin mem- 

 ^* brane^ what band can determine betwixt 

 ** the boundaries of those duties, whose ap- 

 *^ pearance, by the heat of the iron, is made 

 " undistinguishable to the eye. Now mark 

 ** the event of firing. If the fire reatches no 

 *• further than the skin, little advantage can 

 ** accrue to the tendon, but the fibres of 

 *^ the skin will become contracted and less 

 *' pliant; if the fires reaches the membrane 

 ** or sheath of the tendon, some of its glands 

 " are destroyed, and the tendon becomes 

 ** more or less rigid. If the tendon be burnt, 

 '* the consequence will be still worse, and in 

 *^ either case the velocity of motion will be 

 *^ impeded ; on all these occasions the horse 

 *' should be turned to grass and indulged 

 ** with proper rest, that the diseased parts 

 *' may recover their former firmness, tone, 

 " and strength.'* 



