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the parts twice a day; and after all, if the 

 affair be ferious or of lon^ ftandins^, no in-door 

 meafure will fucceed. If only a flight ftrain, 

 no labour of any kind, during the cure. 



In lamenefs of the Hip, or Whir lb one, 

 the leading fymptoms are, fwinging of the 

 limb, or its being longer than natural ; when 

 the horfe trots, he drops backward upon the 

 heel ; in general, perhaps, not going very lame, 

 on which account the difeafe is neglefted, until 

 it becomes incurable. A (lis^ht affb6lion of 

 the mufcles and ligaments, is cured by the pro- 

 per reftringent applications, with time and reft. 

 Where the whirl-bone, or hip is beat down 

 from its focket, it will fo remain, and yet, per- 

 haps, the horfe may do confiderable fervice. 

 Hipped horfes have even raced. The cure is 

 generally bliftering, firing, aftringents, and reft ; 

 but Ofmer afterts the inutility of firing in this 

 cafe, on account of the ftrong mufcles inter- 

 vening between the fkin and the ligaments. In 

 bliftering he directs a broad piece of cloth to 

 be kept upon the adjacent part of the horfe 's 

 flank, to guard it from inflammation. If 

 you rowel upon the thigh, beware of the liga- 

 ments. 



Of the Stifle -bone, upon the thigh- 

 bone, fimilar to the fniall cramp-bone in a leg of 

 mutton. (Vol. I. p. 215.) Ufual treatment 

 for ftrains, and refl. Parts being fwelled, fo- 

 ment, 



