544 ^N '^^^ LEGS. 



ed ; fince the matter not being firmly con- 

 denfed, its abforption might be promoted by 

 repellents, and it might be compulfively re- 

 turned again into the refluent blood. Watch 

 any invifible lamenefs or pain, as there is al- 

 ways an uneahnefs in the parts previous to an 

 exq/Iqfis. Rub hard three times a day, twenty 

 minutes each time, with a piece of Brazil 

 wood, or any fmooth ibbftance. Rub in goofe 

 greafe, and the moft a^iive difcutients, cam- 

 phorated fpirit, with fal ammoniac, and a little 

 diftilled vinegar. Punfture. Bhfler a number 

 of times. Briilv mercurial phyfic. 



I have my doubts concerning a blood-fpa- 

 vin, varix, or dilatation of the vein, within- 

 fide the hock ; not that fuch a thing is impofli- 

 ble, but becaufe our bed writers fpeak con- 

 fufedly about it, evidently from the accounts 

 of the eider farriers, who defcribe a bog under 

 the name of a wet-fpavin, but erroneoufly fup- 

 pofe it fed by the mailer vein. Suppohng the 

 real exillence of a varix, repel and bandage ; 

 if that will not fucceed, tie the vein, a crooked 

 needle and v/axed thread being pafled under 

 it, both above and below the fwelling, which 

 mud be fuffered to digefl away with the liga- 

 tures ; drefs with turpentine, honey, and fpirit 

 of wine. 



Gibfon records a fuccefsful operation upon a 

 confirmed bone-fpavin. Both he and Ofmer 



improved 



