6o SPAVINS. 



^' Firft clip the hair from the difeafed partj 

 *' make feveral punftures on the fame, through 

 <* the fkin, with a fliarp-pointed inftrument ; 

 **mal<:e a longitudinal inciiion through the 

 **ikin, above the deceafed part, about the 

 *' middle thereof: there introduce a cornet, 

 **and dilate the jfkin with it as far as the 

 *^fwelling reaches. Make another fmaller 

 ** longitudinal incifion, through the fl^in, be- 

 "low the fwelled part, diredlly oppofite to 

 *^ the wound above ; in doing which, your 

 ** probe introduced at top will direft you. — 

 ** At the fuperlor wound a caudic wrapped 

 ** up in a piece of lint is to be introduced, 

 "and there left. The cauftic diifolved is 

 ** carried off by the inferior wound, the 

 *' whole is diredtly to be covered with a warm 

 ** adhefive charge, and this is the whole of the 

 "operation. — The cauftic thus introduced 

 ** under the fkin adls both ways, namely, on 

 " the membrane underneath it, and the outer 

 " tegument upon it, Thus the membrane, 

 *^ outer tegument, and the charge, throw 

 " thcmfelves oft' together, and thp difeafed or 

 " fwelled part becomes fair and fmooth. The 

 **horfe fliould be turned out, or kept in a 

 **loofe ftable; and if the charge ccm.es off 



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