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a£lion and attitude the expedatlon of an unu- 

 fual difcharge ; when, after frequent ftraining, 

 the effort terminates in a groanof feeming dif- 

 appointment. The horfe in general is not 

 in a great degree of acute pain, appears full 

 in the flank, fomewhat dejedled, and, to a 

 minute obferver, feems not only confcious of 

 his. inability, but to fupplicate affiftance and 

 relief. The ancient practice of inflaming the 

 parts by an immediate ufe of violent fl:imulants, 

 as .cantharides, turpentine, and large quanti- 

 ties of camphire, is with the fl:ridtefl: jufliicc 

 exploded; having been experimentally found, 

 upon moft occafions, to increafe, by their 

 powerful fl:imulus and irritation, what they 

 were intended to remove; by fuch ill-advifed 

 and miftaken application of medicine, fre- 

 quent inflammation has been produced and 

 much mifchief enfued. 



The moft rational and certain means of 

 obtaining fpeedy relief will be to leffen the 

 ftridlure upon the parts, by a moderate lofs 

 of blood; then reduce inflammation by emol- 

 lient internals, promoting the fecretion and 

 evacuation of urine by very gentle fl:imulants 

 ai)d mild diuretics. This fy Hematic method 



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