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companion returning from pafture ; the lame- 

 nefs was fo very fevere that it was with the 

 greateft difficulty he could draw the near hind 

 leg after him, and felt great perceptible pain 

 in being obliged to move it forward, which he 

 did with palpable reluctance, not bearing the 

 Icaft weight upon it, or hardly permitting it to 

 touch the ground. 



In four days after the accident, I was re- 

 quired to give my affiftance, and found, bv 

 the external appearance, that the article called 

 opodeldoc had been very plentifully ufed, till 

 the foap it contained had fo caked and accu- 

 mulated upon the farface, (cementing the hair 

 into fuch a folid mafs) as to render the pene- 

 tration of any fpirituous application abfolutely 

 impoffible. This fa(fl I clearly demonftrated 

 to the owner, and was not at all furprifed to 

 hear he had reaped no advantage from his in- 

 duftrious application. 



It was unavoidably neceilary to adopt a very 

 different mode of proceeding ; I therefore re- 

 commended the immediate and frequent ufe 

 (three times a day) of a ftrong and hot fomen- 

 tation with a fponge, as before directed, not 

 o only 



