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CURBS. 



A CURB is too univerfally known to require 

 a minute defcription; it is a confiderable fwell- 

 in 2 below the houo^h, rather on the infide and 

 back part of the hind leg, and fcems to have 

 been formed by an accumulation of extrava- 

 fated fluids that, in their ftagnation, have 

 acquired a callofity. It is produdlive of per- 

 ceptible pain in aftion, and foon eftabliflies dif- 

 ferent degrees of lamenefs in different fubjedls. 

 In its early ftate^attempts may be made with 

 fome of the powerful repellents, p. 80 or 89; 

 but, upon non-fubmiffion, after fair trial, 

 recourfe muft be had to one of the following 

 blifters, care being taken to fecure the appli- 

 cation by bandage, the better to enfure a pro- 

 bability of fuccefs. 



Take mercurial ointment fix drachms ; 



Cantharides and euphorbium (in powder) each two 



drachms ; 

 Oil of origanum a drachm and a half 5 

 Corrofive mercury one drachm ; 

 Mix the ointment with the powders, and add the oiL 



