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of a day or two the horse may be turned out to 

 grass for two or three months. If a flannel is ap- 

 plied and stitched on, the stitches may be cut in 

 one month after ; and if any lameness still remain 

 after he has been his full time at grass, he may be 

 fetched up, and the blister and charge may be 

 repeated as before. This method of treatment 

 will be sufficient to cure most spavins, ring-bones, 

 and splints, of three or four years standing, after 

 other methods have failed. 



GHAP. XXXVII. 



OF THE CURB. 



This affection of the limbs proceeds from the 

 juncture of the same bones as the spavin, and 

 rises on the back part of the hind leg, a little 

 below the hock, where it forms a considerable 

 tumor. It, in general, is occasioned by a strain, 

 attended with inflammation ; from which there is 

 often left behind a deposit of coagulable lymph, 

 that causes a hardness to remain. When the 

 curb is first perceived, the cure may easily be per- 

 formed by cooling and bracing applications, such 

 as are used for strains in the back sinews. See 

 (No. 107, p. 145,) (No. 138, p. 182), or (No. 110, 



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