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tion a few days, knots and ganglions will 

 arife in the tendinous parts ; all the mufcles 

 will be cramped, legs ftiff, wide and ftraddling, 

 as if the horfe were nailed to the pavement ; 

 fliin drawn tight in all parts, eyes fixed, fcarce 

 any ability to walk ; fnorts and fneezes often, 

 which fymptom increafes till he drops dead, 

 which happens in a few days." 

 I have already fpoken of cramp as occafion- 

 ed by cold ; the ancient veterinarians were no 

 ftrangers to this accident. Theomnejius de- 

 fcribes his favourite horfe to have been univer- 

 fally cramped and jaw-fet, from pafling the 

 mountains in a deep fnow ; which he cured by 

 railing a diaphorefis in the horfe, with a large 

 fire in the liable, and by anointing his body 

 with a ftrange compofition of an immenfe 

 number of articles, called Acopum. 



Gibfon fuppofed the ftag-evil to proceed 

 frequently from worms, or ulcerations and im- 

 pofthumes in the midriflF, or other principal 

 bowels. Of the methods of cure, the external 

 chiefly remains to be treated. Bleed plenti- 

 fully or otherwife, according to circumftances. 

 Rub into the cheeks, temples, neck, fhoulders, 

 fpines of the back and loins, or wherever 

 is the greatefl: contra6lion, the following lini- 

 ment. Nerve ointment four ounces; oint- 

 ment of marfhmallows, fix ounces ; muftard- 



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