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" before the wound is well, another (hould 

 " be immediately applied. But in fpite of 

 *' this, and all other methods ufed for this 

 " diforder, the horfe will very frequently re- 

 " main full as lame as he was before, al- 

 " though the appearance of the difeafe is 

 '* removed : the reafon of which is, that the 

 *' periofteum only is fometimes difeafed j at 

 " other times the bone itfelf, and its cellular 

 ^^ part. Yet I dare fay there is not one far- 

 ** rier in this kingdom but has an infallible 

 ^* and certain cure for thefe diforders. 



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Are thefe prominences fituate on both 

 fides the tendons (commonly called the back 

 finews) above the fetlock joints on the fore- 

 legs, and not unfrequently upon the hind-legs 

 likewife. They are much larger on fome 

 horfes than others ; and as they never appear 

 but upon thofe that have been conftantly work- 

 ed too young, or proportionally overworked 

 when older, the caufe will be the more readily 

 explained. For the tendons, by their per- 

 petual 



