S94 CURBS 



CURBS. 



A CURB is too universally known to re- 

 quire a minute desgription ; it is a coasider- 

 able swelling below the hough, rather on the 

 inside and back part of the hind leg, and 

 seems to have been formed by an accumula- 

 tion of extravasatcd flujds that^, in Iheir 

 stagnation, have acquired a callosity. It is 

 productive of perceptible pain in action, and 

 soon establishes different degrees of lameness 

 in different subjects. In its early state at- 

 tempts may be made with some of the power-? 

 ful repellents, p. 80 or Bf}; but, upon non- 

 submission, after fair trial, recourse luust 

 be had to one of the following blisters, care 

 being taken to secure the application by 

 bandage, the better to insure a probability 

 of success. 



Take mercurial ointment six drachms ; 



Cantharides andeuphorbiiim (ii> powder), each tvyo 



drachms,; 

 Oil of origanum, a dracbm and a half; 

 Corrosive mercury, one drachm ; 

 Mix the oinlmciit viiih the powders, and add 

 the oil. 



