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pasture ; the lameness was so very severe 

 that it was with the greatest difficulty he 

 could draw the near hind leg after him, and 

 felt great perceptible pain in being obliged 

 to move it forward, which he did with 

 palpable reluctance, not bearing the least 

 weight upon it, or hardly permitting it to 

 touch the ground. 



In four days after the accident, I was re- 

 quired to give my assistance, and found, by 

 the external appearance, that the article 

 called opodeldoc had been very plentifully 

 used, till the soap it contained had so caked 

 and accumulated upon the surface (cement- 

 ing the hair into such a solid mass) as to 

 render the penetration of any spirituous ap- 

 plication absolutely impossible. The fact 

 I clearly demonstrated to the owner, aud 

 was not at all surprized to hear he had 

 reaped no advantage from his industrious 

 application. 



It was unavoidably necessary to adopt a 

 very different mode of proceeding ; I there- 

 fore recommended the immediate and fre- 

 que^it use (three times a day) of a strong and 



