DISEASES FROM INFLAMMATION. 7 



inflammations, as inflammation of the eyes, lungs, 

 swelled legs or grease. Unequal and long-con- 

 tinued pressure of the saddle will cause an inflam- 

 mation of the withers ; and if the swelling is not 

 dispersed by topical applications it will probably 

 terminate in a fistulous ulcer. 



Bones have not much sensibility, except when 

 inflamed ; in which case the inflammation fre- 

 quently gives rise to an increased deposite of bony 

 matter, and forms bone spavin, ring-bone, splints or 

 curb. The blistering essence effects a cure in them, 

 by stimulating the absorbent vessels of the part 

 to take up these superfluous bony excrescences. 

 The sinews, or tendinous extremities of the 

 muscles, and the ligaments, are insensible, ex- 

 cept they become inflamed, M^hich is the case in 

 strains of all kinds, and rupture of the suspensory 

 ligaments, commonly called breaking down : to- 

 pical applications, rest, and bleeding, are the 

 chief remedies recommended under the section of 

 strains ; in breaking down, the heels must be ele- 

 vated to relax the inflamed part ; and this must 

 also be attended to in strains of the back sinews, 

 sometime called clap in the back sinews. 



Inflammation is frequently a salutary process of 

 nature, to re-produce and restore parts to their 



