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the liquid blister becomes necessary. After a day has 

 elapsed, dress two or three days with hog's lard, and 

 the patient may be walked about, to get rid of the 

 stiffness. It may be proper, after this, farther to re- 

 duce the heat by more applications o£ Goulard's ex- 

 tract, as above. 



Shoeing is supposed to occasion splents sometimes, 

 it being the practice with most smiths to make the in- 

 ner heel of their shoes thinner than the outer ; and 

 the inner heel being also lower than the outer, occa- 

 sions the splent bone to receive the concussion more 

 sharply than the outer one ; for, as I before observed, 

 splents oftener occur on the inside of the leg than on 

 any other part of it. 



STRAIN OF THE BACK SINEW AND LIG- 

 AMENTS. 



Symptoms. — That sort of strain which consists of 

 relaxation of the back sinews shows itself by the horse 

 going low upon the pasterns, in consequence of hia 

 •' carrying high,'' or being trotted constantly in har- 

 ness. Occasional lameness sometimes ensues in that 

 fore foot which beats, or has the lead at setting out — 

 generally the off one ; inflammation of the whole foot 

 may be felt by comparison with the heat of its fellow,, 

 which is aptly enough termed " fever of the foot," by 

 old farriers. This is a very puzzling kind of lameness, 

 no other symptom than that presenting itself for us to 

 ascertain the exact cause ; and of course the less ob- 

 servant persons are very likely to apply the wrong 

 medicine, and render the horse a disservice instead of 

 doing him good. The lameness sometimes goes ofT 

 without any treatment whatever but rest ; it is, how- 

 ever, more frequently accompanied, or followed, by 

 some disease of the sole, in consequence of the secre- 

 tion of horn in the foot being obstructed. Sand-crack, 

 thrush, corns, are among these evils, arising from su- 

 pernatural heat. 



Whenever it so happens, that the secretion does not 

 restore to the entire tendons their original motion, it 

 follows that some part adheres to another ; inflamma- 

 tion is the consequence, and the horso becomes wors^ 

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