^38 On the legs* 



dirty yard, whilfl it rained, and was very colcti 

 Her ear and lip were moderately twitched, 

 her head tied pretty highj and one leg held up, 

 in order that her weight being thrown upon 

 the other, the windgalls might be the more dif- 

 tended and palpable. A farrier performed 

 the operation under my direftion, by prefling 

 the bladder with the fingers of the left hand, 

 on the other fide of the joint, to render it 

 tenfe, whilft he made an incifion with a pen- 

 knife, either upward or downward, with thd 

 courfe of the hair. Being timid at firft, he 

 made feveral ftrokes before he penetrated the 

 cyft, which was remarkably thick, although the 

 mare was very delicate and fine fldnned* The 

 gelatinous or glary fluid ifllied out, and left 

 the bag perfeftly flaccid. We made nine dif- 

 ferent incifions in her four legs, completely 

 evacuating every bladder which could be dif- 

 tinguiflied by the finger. Very fmall flux of 

 blood. Bathed inllantly with warm brandy* 

 In a few hours we applied the following efcha- 

 rotic to the divided cyfl: in each wound, which 

 was continued until the fubflance of the cyft 

 was deftroyed ; the wounds were then foon 

 healed with fome fpirituous application, and if 

 I recolleft aright, Burgundy pitch plaifter4 

 The Universal Escharotic Powder, 

 from Dr. Bracken, p. 239, Vol. II. Equal 

 parts allum, and white vitriol in powder, cal- 



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