CRACKS AND SCRATCHES. 93 

 rigid cfchars, or painful callofitiesy I fiiall com- 

 municate, and earneftly recommend, a fafe^ 

 Jimpky and effeBual method of cure, which 

 I have never yet feen once fail in an experience 

 of twenty yQzvs. 



In every tweiity-four hours, but more parti- 

 cularly at each tin^e of the horfe's returning 

 from the road or exercife, let the cracks or 

 SCRATCHES be v^'a(hed for a confiderable time- 

 With-foap and ivarm water ^ making a lather, 

 and continuing tarub them tenderly with the 

 fuds, till they become pliable, and perfedly 

 clear from every degree of fcurf, or hardnefs 

 at the edges, and the ftiftened mucus, or ooz- 

 ing, is entirely wafhed away; then wipe very 

 dry with a linen cloth, and when perfectly fo, 

 rub in a fufficient quantity of ca?nphorated 

 fpermacceti cintjnent : there is no doubt but they 

 will foon fubmit to this fimple treatment, if 

 regularly perfevered in. On the contrary, if 

 in fom.e days after this method has been 

 adopted, you perceive the cracks to be deep, 

 the difcharge copious, and the fmell foetid or 

 ftinking, you may naturally conclude there is 

 a foulnefs in the habit, or an acrimony in the 

 blood, requiring redification ; in that cafe con- 

 tinue 



