96 GREASE; 



But should the horse be visibly foiil, and, 

 by his whole appearance, indicate a tendency 

 to fluctuating humours, from an impurity in 

 the blood, a course of physic is first to be 

 adopted, preceded by a proportional bleed- 

 ing, regulating both by the directions given 

 under those distinct heads. These instruc- 

 tions properly attended to, no doubt need 

 be entertained of a perfect cuie ; yet it had 

 in most cases (particularly where the defect 

 has been severe, or the frog very much im- 

 paired) much better be fully confirmed by 

 turning out to grass for an adequate length of 

 time, where the softness of the pasture may 

 act as a natural cataplasm, promoting the 

 growth of the fro«f to its orii^final state of 

 strength and perfection. 



GREASE. 



We are told by an author of the latest 

 date, what is almost universally understood 

 by those at all acquainted with the animal 

 ceconomy, that " the blood is conveyed from 

 the heart '' to the extremities by the ar- 

 teries, and returned by the veins , in which 

 latter the bipod is to rise in perpendicular 





