582 LAMENESS FROM RELAXED 



only as it is occafionally braced and palliated 

 by the above mixture. 



In the Chapter on Difeafes of the Eyes, I 

 have fpoken on the abufe of reftringents, par- 

 ticularly Goulard's Extraft, and other prepa- 

 rations of lead^ It is a long time fmce I faw 

 Goulard's EfTay on Lead, but I believe he 

 dire6ied his Extra6l never to be ufed undiluted 

 ■with water, for want of which obferv^nce I 

 have committed feveral difagreeable errors, 

 both with myftlf and others. A young perfon 

 once applied to me with a flight ftrain in the 

 foot,, in which I raifed a mod violent inflam- 

 mation and contra61ion, producing abfolute 

 lamenefs, by caufing the part to be embror 

 cated with a mixture of vinegar, fpirits, and 

 Goulard undiluted, although the quantity of 

 the latter was by no means large : The fame 

 thing happened to myfelf feveral times, and I 

 was fufficiently fenhble of that heavy benumb- 

 .ing pain in the very marrow of the bone, 

 which I have heard defcribed as the ufual 

 efle6l of lead, by thofe who labour in the 

 maiiufaflories. In horfe cafes, I have often 

 found by the rigid and inflamed ftate of the 

 parts, that I have been bracing too fafl:, and 

 my ufual method is to order cold water a few 

 times, as a iubflitute for the embrocation. I 

 have many times drawn up the lax finews in 

 the courfe of a [tw days, and made the horfe , 



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