WIND GALLS. 6t 



*' before the wound is well, another ihould 

 *' be immediately applied. But in fpite of 

 "this, and all other methods ufed for this 

 *' diforder, the horfe will very frequently re- 

 *^main full as lame as he was before, al- 

 " though the appearance of the difeafe is 

 *^ removed: the reafon of which is, that the 

 **periofteum only is fometimes difeafed; at 

 " other times the bone itfelf, and its cellular 

 *'part. Yet I dare fay there is not one far- 

 *' rier in this kingdom but has an infallible 

 "and certain cure forthefe diforders." 



WINDGALLS 



Are thofe prominences iituate on both 

 fides the tendons (commonly called the back 

 finews) above the fetlock joints on the fore- 

 legs, and not unfrequently upon the hind-legs 

 likewife. They are much larger on fome 

 horfes than others; and as they never appe;:r 

 but upon thofe that have been conftantly work- 

 ed too young, or proportionally overworked 

 when older, the caufe will be the more readily 

 explained. For the tendons, by their per- 

 petual 



