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CLASS I. 



SPLENTS, SPAVINS, WINDGALLS, 



LAMENESS, and STRAINS. 



SPLENTS; 



Of which various accounts have been given 

 without any thing fatisfadtory as to their ori- 

 gin or cure, except that " they are hard ex- 

 " crefcences of different fhapes and fizes on 

 " the ihank bone, which often difappear of 

 ** themfelves ; that " they are not dangerous 

 " but when fituated near the joints, or appear 

 ^* very large upon the back part of the bone, 

 ** and prefs againft the back finew/' All this 

 is moft certainly true, and generally believed 

 to be fo. Now let us remark what follows 

 as directions for cure : ^' That the hair is to 

 *^ be fhaved, the part to be rubbed with a 



E ^^ round 



