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CLASS I. 



SPLENTS, SPAVINS, WINDGALLS, 



LAMENESS, and STRAINS. 



S P L E N T S^ 



Of which various accounts have been given, 

 without any thing fatisfacftory as to their ori- 

 gin or cure, except that " they are hard ex- 

 crefcences of different fhapes and fizes on 

 the fhank bone, which often difappear of 

 themfelves;" that *' they are not dangerous 

 but when fituated near the joints, or appear 

 very large upon the back part of the bone, 

 and prefs againft the back finew." All this 

 is moft certainly true, and generally believed 

 to be fo. Now let us remark what follows 

 as directions for cure: ** That the hair is to 

 *' be fhaved, the part to be rubbed with a 



