122 THF, HORSE, 



and although it may answer in some cases, it will not .'ft 

 others. Should the joint run a joint-lee, the cure is not 

 to be depended on. In old horses, nothing can be done 

 that will be of service. 



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 ori- 

 ganum, and blister as often as needful. 



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 Coffin is sometimes taken for a Pting-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 pastern 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, recourse 

 must be had to firing. 



Spleuts, Osselets, or any other bony or fleshy sub^i - 

 ces on the legs, may be cured in the same manner. A 

 Splent on the shank-bone is only a grievance to the eye, 

 and will go away of itself when the horse comes to age •- 

 but the sooner those that are near the knees or the tendons 

 are removed, the better. 



MALLENDERS AND SALLENDERS. 



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

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

 crack and thr ^w out a thin brown matter, and sometimes a 

 hard scurf, or scab, which prevents the hor?e from bending 

 the limbs which are affected, as he should do. 



Cure. They both proceed from the same cause, and 

 consequently require the same treatment; which consists 

 in washing the parts with old chamberlie or a warm lather 



