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to raise them and make them come off ; and if you can not 

 pull them out after using the ointment, cut them out with a 

 sharp knife, and apply to the place the above mixture, or 

 heal it up as a common wound. Most excrescences on hor- 

 ses are cured in this manner. 



Windgalls. 



These are mostly on the hind legs, near the fetlock, but 1 

 have known them above the fetlock, and on the arm. Wind- 

 galls are not only eye-sores, but lame many a horse. Many 

 methods are tried to disperse them without effect. If you 

 put your finger on one side, and your thumb on the other, 

 and press with one of them, you will find the Windgall to 

 go quite through the leg. The reason that they are mostly 

 on the hind leg is, because the horse stands lower behind 

 than before, and throvv^s most weight on the hind legs. 



Cuiii5. — On the first appearance of a Windgall, bathe the 

 place well with warm vinegar and spirits of wine, and put a 

 pretty tight bandage round it. If this do not remove it, lay 

 on blistering ointment till the cure shall be completed. But 

 should this method also fail, which it seldom does, you must 

 lay the Windgall open and dress it as a common wound. 

 Before you use the knife, be careful to get the horse's body 

 into a proper cool state by physic. 



The Grease. 



This disorder is mostly brought on by soft corn, hard 

 usage, want of proper cleaning, or a depraved state of the 

 blood and juices ; therefore it is projjer to divide it into 

 two heads. 



Cure, when the Vessels are Relaxed.— On first observing 

 the legs of a horse to swell after standing several hours, and 

 to recover their proper dimensions with exercise, be careful 

 to wash them clean with chamber-ley, soap-suds, or vinegar 

 and water, every time he comes in, for this will prevent or 

 remove the disorder. Horses that have round or fleshy 

 legs are more subject to the Grease than those that have 

 flat legs 5 but a flat-legged horse is more easily sprained. 

 Nitre, siilphur, and liver of antimony, are proper both to 

 prevent the Grease and to refine the blood. Mix equal parts 

 of each, and give a meat-spoonful every day in his food. 



Cure for the Grease from Internal Causes. — If the horse 

 be full of flesh, the cure must be begun by bleeding, rowels, 

 and repeated purging 5 after which two ounces of the follow- 



