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and the horfe is then faid to have been " brok-ea 

 '' down." 



This being fuppofed to have happened, the 

 principal indication of cure will immediately 

 ftrike every reader, io far as the gradual con- 

 tradlion and tone of the tendon is concerned ; 

 but the previous and inflantaneous confider- 

 ation will be to prevent, as much as poiTible, 

 ^ny confequent inflammation that may fall 

 upon the part. To which end take away, fo 

 fooii as' convenient after the injury is fuftained, 

 2L proportion of blood adequate to the ftate and 

 ftrength of the fubje<fl, from a vein as contigu- 

 ous to the part affected as may be confident ; 

 and as your fuccefs v/il! in a great degree de- 

 pend upon the earlieft applications, pracura a 

 quart of the befl Vvhite wine vinegar, or very 

 flrong verjuice , and, after m-^king it hot over 

 the fire, add two ounces of the extradl of' Sa- 

 turn ; and v/ith this foment the leg every night 

 and morning, tandaging the part \vith a broad 

 roller of a fufficient length, ftrainihg it '^ttttj 

 firm. After ufing this fomentation for tVT'O 

 nights and m.ornings, begin vnxh the following 

 embrocation ; and let two or three table fpoon- 

 fuls be gently and gradually rubbed into the 



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