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CURBS. 



A cuRfe is too univerfally known to require 

 a minute defcription; it is a conliderable fwell- 

 ing below the hough, rather on the infide and 

 back part of the hind leg, and feems to have 

 been formed by an accumulation of extrava- 

 fated fluids that, in their ftagnation, have ac- 

 quired a callojity. It is produdive of percepti- 

 ble pain in adion, and foon eftablifhes diffe- 

 rent degrees of lamenefs in different fuhjeds. 

 In its early ftate attempts may be made with 

 fome of the powerful repellents, p, 80 or 89; 

 but, upon non-fubmiffion, after fair trials 

 recourfe muft be had to one of the following 

 blifters, care being taken to fecure the appli- 

 cation by bandage, the better to enfure a pro- 

 bability of fuccefs. 



Take mercurial ointment fix drachms ; 

 Cantharides and cuphorbium (in powder) each 



two drachms \ 

 Oil of origanum a drachm and a half; 

 CoiTofive mercury one drachm ; 

 Mix the ointment with the powders, and add 



the oil. 



Or, 



