540 ON THE LEGS. 



for veterinary praftice, if he chofe the trouble 

 of it, took this mare info Nottinghamfhire, 

 "where I was afterwards informed {he won a 

 match, and was then fold to carry a lady, no 

 windgalls reappearing, nor any complaint of 

 her going unfafe. 1 he reader will excufe my 

 circumftantiaHty and mention of names, to the 

 obfervance of which I am induced, by reading 

 certain cafes which bear the moft palpable 

 marks of fabrication. By this method, wind- 

 galls upon any part of the limbs, may be fafely 

 eradicated, and this brings me to — • 



The Bog-spavin, upon the hollow of the 

 hock behind, or jelly-bag, which was exfe61ed, 

 and a perfeft found cure made upon a colt by 

 Bracken (fee his Second Volume, p. 214.) 

 Call the horfe, and let a perfon prefs the wind- 

 galls which appear between the bones on the 

 outfide of the hock, to render the bladder more 

 tenfe and palpable for the operator. Keep 

 clear of the vein, and cut boldly and deeply 

 into the tumour. Apply the corrofive, and 

 fecure it, by introducing dofhls of lint tied with 

 a thread, and dipped in oil of turpentine. A 

 little Armenian bole may be mixed with the 

 powder, which ought to be ufed once in three 

 days. Heal with common digeftive. If a 

 fwelling of the joint enfue, foment. In 1788 I 

 bought a very fine young horfe for a trifle, fo 

 lame with bog-fpavins as fcarcely to be able to 



creep. 



