^%s The^AvciKizvCs New Guide. Ch.LXIX. 



and then a Horfe is faid to be Hipjhot ; but if it is not re- 

 duc'd immediately, he will be irrecoverably lame. The 

 Cure confifts in the fame Applications that are proper for a 

 Shoulder- fplait. 



C H A P. LXIX. 



Of Bones broken and out of Joint. 



'TpHE replacing of Bones that are disjointed, is a very un- 



- fuccefsful Operation, infomuch that we have few or no 

 Inftances of Florfes ever becoming ferviceable after their 

 ;pones have been difplac'd ; but broicen Bones have often 

 been recovered ; and SoUeyjell gives an Inftance of a Horfe 

 that had a Fradture of the Bone, with a large Wound in the 

 J'lefli J and of a A^Iule that had a Fradure in the Leg ; both 

 which were cur'd by one who was neither Surgeon nor Far- 

 rier ; and Ruint^ and other Italian Authors, have laid down 

 a Method of Cure for all fuch Accidents, tho' the Succefs 

 mull be very much owing to the Goodnefs of a Horfe's Con- 

 jititution and Sagacity, there being fome who will favour 

 any Infirmities or Lamenefs more than others. 



When the Bone is fradur'd, the Horfe ought to be rais'd 

 in a Sling ; and while one holds the Member with both 

 glands three or four Inches above the fradtur'd Part, ano- 

 ther muil extend it, and draw it quite flreight ; after which 

 it is to be bath'd v*^ith Vinegar and Bole, and a thick flaxen 

 Cloth dipt in the laid Liquor, and laid fmxooth round it ; 

 then with a Roller about tv/o Inches broad, make feveral 

 Rounds upon the frac'lur'd Part, afcending alfo above and 

 below it, making your Turnings even, that the Splints may 

 lie on clofe ; after which, apply two or three thin Splints of 

 Wood, wrapt up in Linnen Cloth or Hurds, always taking 

 care not to let any of their Ends prefs upon the Sinews ; and 

 above them, make feveral Turns with a long Roller upwards 

 and downv\^ards, until the Splints are firm and immoveable. 



- The Leg muft be often bath'd above and below the Dref- 

 fing with Vinegar, or warm Lees of Wine, efpecially for 

 the fiift Fortnight, and the Horfe kept to a laxative Diet ; 

 and the Drefling kept on for the Space of forty Days, ma- 

 king it tight as often as it begins to turn flack. If the Horfe 

 is inclinable to favour his Infirmity, he will recover without 

 muchTrouDle; but if it be other wife, it will be proper to 

 keep him conftantly in a Sling, fuffering the fraclur'd Mem- 

 ber juft to touch tliC Ground. 



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