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pare the wounded fide, and wadi the hoof with 

 urine, and if any apparent wound, ufe the 

 fpirituous apphcation. 



Any nail, ftub, or thorn, having been ex- 

 tra61ed, to effeft which no time ought ever to be 

 loft, wafh, drefs, and (lop, as already direfted. 

 Tar and turpentine are frequently ufed. If 

 from pain and difcharge of matter, fome rem- 

 nant may be fufpefted to remain behind, pare 

 as thin as pofTible, and introduce a bit of 

 fponge tent, to enlarge the wound, and give 

 room for the extra6lion of the remnant, with a 

 fmall pair of forceps, or encourage it to come 

 away by digeftion : fhould this proceeding be 

 ineffe6tual, and the lamenefs- continue, with a 

 fanious and fetid difcharge, ufe your drawing 

 knife cautioufly, and examine the bottom of 

 the wound. 



Bartlet fays, if a nail be fo driven as to 

 wound the tendon, the foal miift be drawn, on 

 account of the gleet which will enfue. I muft 

 confefs myfelf unprepared to judge of that. 

 He fays farther, that (liould the joint of the 

 foot be penetrated, or a nail pafs up to the 

 nut-bone, the cafe is incurable. It is curious 

 to remark the old applications for drawing out 

 ftubs, &c. the fagacious prefcribcrs of which 

 really thought, or feemed to think, their me- 

 dicaments endowed with the mechanical pow- 

 ers of the forceps, inftead of merely digedive 



ones; 



