SPRAINS. 14S 



give him the following ball, and repeat it every 

 day, until he is sufficiently recovered. 



(RECIPE, No. 105.) 



Take — Columbo root, and Peruvian bark, in powder, 



of each half an ounce ; 

 Ginger, and subcarbonate of soda, of each one 



drachm : 

 Honey, or treacle, sufficient to form into a ball. 



CHAP. XXX. 



SPRAINS IN VARIOUS PARTS. 



Sprains are accidents that frequently happen 

 to horses of every description, and it is highly 

 necessary that every person concerned with them 

 should be acquainted with their nature and cure. 

 Sprains, for the most part, proceed from a forcible 

 extension of the muscles, or of the tendons, and 

 sometimes of the hgaments ; and are attended with 

 a degree of local inflammation, more or less, ac- 

 cording to the violence of the complaint. 



The following symptoms indicate a horse to be 

 sprained in the slwulder. If trotted, he cannot 

 get his leg forward with the other, but forms a 

 circle with it ; if it be attempted to run him up 

 hill, it is with the greatest difficulty that he can 



