94 THRUSH. 



tinue your waJJnngs with, foap and warm water 

 every night and morning; take away a propor- 

 tion of blood, according to the directions be- 

 fore given under that head, rubbing in a 

 fmall quantity of the ftrong mercurial ointment 

 (inftead of the camphorated fpermaceti,) ad- 

 minifiering two purging balls : and if neceflary 

 afterwards a diuretic ball, every other morning 

 for a fortnight, as will be hereafter defcribed, 

 under the article Greafcy when we come to 

 that fubjedt. 



T H R U S IL 



Commonly called '* tht Rtmning 'Thriip,'' is 

 a varicous ftate of the frog, which, becoming 

 perforated in different parts, bears the appear- 

 ance of rapid decay and rottennefs ; occafioned 

 by an ichorous corrofive difcharge, frequently 

 the evident effeds of negled in fuifering the 

 horfe to go badly fhod, till the frog, by re- 

 peated bruifes, lofes its original property, and 

 becomes difeafed. To inattention the complaint 

 is generally owing, and by eaj'ly care is as ge- 

 nerally cured. Though there are undoubtedly 



inflances 



