90 STRAINS. 



fell into my hands till a few weeks after the 

 original publication of this work. 



^' Between the tendon and the ikin of the leg, 

 " as nothing intervenes but a thin membrane, 

 »*^ what hand can determine betwixt the boun- 

 *^ daries of thofe bodies, whofe appearance, by 

 " the heat of the iron, is made undiilinguifh- 

 " able to the eye. Now mark the event of 

 " firing. — If the fire reaches no further than 

 *' the fkin, little advantage can accrue to the 

 " tendon, but the fibres of the fkin will become 

 ** contracted and lefs pliant; if the fire reaches 

 ** the membrane or iheath of the tendon, fome 

 " of its glands are deftroyed, and the tendon 

 ** becomes more or lefs frigid. If the ten- 

 *' don be burnt the confequence will be ftill 

 *' worfe, and in either cafe the velocity of 

 ** motion will be impeded ; on all thefe occa- 

 " fions the horfe fhould be turned to grafs and 

 " indulged with proper reft, that the difeafed 

 " parts may recover their former firmnefSj^ 

 " tone and ftrength/' 



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