176 BOKE-SPAVIN, RING-BONE, kc. 



Let this be well rubbed on the part affected 

 with the Jingers ends, for six or seven mornings 

 together. In all the above cases, where the callus 

 is not very large, and the pain lias been, in part, 

 removed by the application of the above-mentioned 

 medicines, firing will, for the most part, answer 

 the end. After which operation let the part fired 

 be spread all over with the blistering ointment 

 (No. 113, p. 151), for three successive mornings. 

 The horse must have his head tied to the rack, so 

 as not to reach it with his mouth, lest he bite it 

 (which will blister his mouth, and likewise blemish 

 the part). He may stand tied for five or six hours, 

 and then let him be untied, and have his liberty 

 as before. In three or four days after the last time 

 of dressing, he may be turned into a straw-yard, 

 if in winter, or to grass, if at the spring of the 

 year, for two or three months. 



In very obstinate cases of long standing, and 

 where the callus is large and the part full of pain, 

 and none of the aforesaid medicines has been able 

 to remove it, the following more powerful method 

 7nust be strictly attended to. 



First chp the hair ; after this it has been usual 

 to stamp them with an iron instrument for that 

 purpose ; but from the hardness of the blow shak- 

 ing the part, it often does more harm than good. 



