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finely ground precipitate, two drachms to one 

 ounce turpentine. Plentiful difcharge of thin 

 glutinous matter, for two months, before the 

 fldn began to clofe and cover the wound, 

 when the matter became laudable. Walking 

 exercife. The precipitate which entered into 

 the nervous parts, fuppofed of great benefit. 

 Phvficked durinor the cure. Sore healed in 

 three months, and the hair grew, excepting a 

 fmall fpot, over which a defenfive plaifter. 

 Hunted fame feafon, and ever afterwards per- 



feftly found. 



Ofmer's method, (with which how^ever he 

 does not warrant fuccefs) was to introduce a 

 cauftic enveloped in lint, in a particular man- 

 ner, which I have no room to defcribe ; and I 

 only notice it to (late, by way of caution, that 

 Mr. Robfon's Spider, the famous trotter, was 

 killed by the bungling attempt of a farrier at 

 this method ; the corroding poifon of the ap- 

 plication v/as fo effe£lual and fpeedy, that it 

 reached the horfe's heart in about forty-eight 

 hours, w^hen he died in great agonies. 

 - Distortions or Luxations of the 

 Bones of the Hock. By a wrench or 

 {train, fometimes the fmall bones are jarred 

 and difplaced. The fwelling generally appears 

 on the middle and forepart of the hock. Ex- 

 treme ftiffnefs and inaptitude to motion. If 

 poffible, force the bone into its place, filling 



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