go STRAINS. 



fell into my hands till many weeks after the 

 original publication of this work, 



*' Between the tendon and the fkinof the leg, 

 '^ as nothing intervenes but a thin membrane, 

 " what hand can determine betwixt the boun- 

 ** daries of thofe bodies, whofe appearance, by 

 " the heat of the iron, is made undiftinguifli- 

 ** able to the eye. Now mark the event of 



'* firing. If the fire reaches no further than 



"the flcin, little advantage can accrue to the 

 '' tendon, but the fibres of the ft;in will become 

 " contratfled andlefs pliant; if the fire reaches 

 '*^ the membrane or (heath of the tendon^ 

 *' fomeof its glands are deftroyed, and the tcn- 

 '* don becomes more or iefs rigid. If the ten- 

 ** den be burnt the confequence will be ftill 

 *' v/orfe, and in either cafe the velocity of 

 " motion will be impeded j on all thefe occa- 

 " fions thehorfe fliouldbe turned to grafs and 

 ** indulged with proper reft, that the difeafed 

 '^ parts may recover their former firmnefs. 



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