52 THE COMPLETE FARRIER, 



A Corb. 



This is a soft swelling that rises out of the joint on the 

 back part of the hind-leg. just below the hock, and mostly 

 lames the horse, besides being unpleasant to the eye. To 

 cure it, strike a few holes into it with a pricker, made so as 

 just to go through the skin, then rub well with oil of origa- 

 num, and blister as often as needful. If this will not answer, 

 use the Spavin ointment once in six days. 



A Ring Bone. 



This is so well known that I need not describe it, but only 

 point out the remedy ; yet I must observe that a Sprain in 

 the CoflSn is sometimes taken for a Ring-bone, when it causes 

 a rim to rise just above the foot. Ring-bones come out from 

 the pastern, between the fetlock and the foot ; but if the pas- 

 tern is long, they are nearer the foot. They will generally 

 yield to the same method of cure as a Corb, especially if just 

 coming out, but if not, use the Spavin ointment in same man- 

 ner as in Bone-spavin, only do not apply it so often. Once 

 in six days is often enough. 



Mallenders and Sallenders. 



The first is on the fore-leg, at the bend of the knee, and 

 the last on the hind-leg, at the bend of the hough. They 

 crack and throw out a thin brown matter, and sometimes, a 

 hard scurf, or scab, which prevents the horse from bending 

 the limbs which are afl'ected as he should do. 



Cure. — They both proceed from the same cause, and con- 

 sequently require the same treatment ; which consists in 

 washing the parts with old chamber-ley, or a warm lather 

 of soap-suds, and afterwards applying strong mercurial oint- 

 ment, spread on tow, to the cracks, once a day till the scabs 

 fall off, when the cure will be completed ; and then it will 

 be necessary to give him a dose or two of physic. If the 

 disorder will not yield to the mercurial ointment, make a 

 strong mixture of vitriol water, and wash the cracks with it, 

 and it will dry them up, and cause the scabs to fall off. 



The Strangles. 



Most horses have this disorder while young, but at seven 

 years old they are out of danger. There are two kinds of 

 ' this disorder. The common kind is a swelling under or be- 

 tween the jaw-bones. The other, which is called the bas- 

 tard kind, is much the worst. Sometimes swellings appear 



