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ftyles falfe fuppofuion'?, evidently pointing out 

 thofe who have opened windgalls ; but has he 

 any fafts or proofs ? Was Bracken, the firft re- 

 gular profeffional man who opened windgalls, 

 one of the '•' not well acquainted ?" I am con- 

 cerned to obferve, that the Profeflbr has hinted 

 approbation of the common practice of farriers 

 In ufing the cautery to windgalls ; a remedy, 

 as far as I have feen, worfe than the original 

 difeafe ; and by which, in the language of the 

 thoroughly practical Ofmer, (fuch are the men 

 this country wants, although it fo ungratefully 

 and unwifely neg!e61ed him) " the outer tegu- 

 ment or fkin is rendered rigid and indurated ; 

 hence the pain occahoned by thefe tumours rs 

 greater than it was before, and the horfe is fit 

 for nothin cr but the cart." 



OsLETs, Splents, Spavins, Distor- 

 tions, Curb, Thoroughpin, Ringbone^ 

 Thefe bony excrefcences, differently fituated, 

 all originate in the fame proximate caufe, an 

 extravafation of the cement, mucilage, or oil 

 of the joints, which gradually condenfes and 

 becomes offihed. I have faid, that when com- 

 pletely offified they are incurable ; but proba- 

 bly, a radical operation, judicioufly performed, 

 might fucceed. The owners of all young 

 horfes fhould conftantly watch the parts whence 

 thefe excrei'cences put forth, and take them in 

 Jiand inftantly, when fuccefs need not be doubt- 



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