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lameness, (which mav be detected from its existence 

 in tiie foot and other parts of the Umb by the pecuHar 

 movement of the leg, and the method of resting the 

 foot on the ground), first subdue the inflammation, 

 and that if great, must be done by bleeding the plate- 

 vein, and foment with camomile flowers three or four 

 times a day. When the Ugaments are affected, it has 

 been deemed necessary to insert a rowel in the chest. 

 When the inflammatory symptoms have been removed, 

 a blister has eflectedmuch good in some cases. When 

 the muscles appear stifl" and aflected, the application 

 of a liquid blister, as — 



Cantharides - - - -8 or 10 ounces, 

 Oil of Turpentine - - - 2 quarts, 

 S^veet or Olive Oil - - 1 quart, 



used twice a day ; and when it brings on a fresh swel- 

 ling and inflammation, allow it to subside, and then 

 rub the parts affected a second time, and the probabi- 

 lity is a cure will be the result. Farriers of the old 

 school, sometimes imagining that dislocation had taken 

 place, used to turn the animal into the water to swim 

 to eflect a remedy. Great benefit will be derived from 

 turning a horse to grass after the shoulder has been 

 strained, as great fatigue and exercise will cause a re- 

 lapse, and all sprains or strains require rest and 

 ease. 



Overreach, 



Is what some horses cannot avoid, and care should 

 be taken to place the hinder shoes as far back as pos- 

 sible, as when the hind foot strikes the fore leg, the 

 C'onsequence is the disease just named. If the flexor 

 tendons be struck and inflamed, as is not unlikely to 



