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difeafed portion : this opening mull be flopped up 

 with fome wool, lint, or tow, dipped in tindure of 

 myrrh, but by no means prefled in. And as preffure 

 brought on the evil, fo any thing that continued the 

 preffure would only aggravate it : to prevent any 

 poffibility of this, the (hoe fhould be properly cham- 

 bered oppofite the part, and then put on ; and if 

 there is any chance of the ends of the fhoe making 

 a preffure on the part, a chambered bar fhoe ought 

 to be ufed. This being done, the horfe fhould ftand 

 on foft litter, and by no means be exercifed till the 

 horn is renewed ; after which, it will flill further en- 

 fure fuccefs, if he is turned out to grafs with fhort 

 fhoes, or tips only, on the affeded foot.. 



COUGH. 



What I mean by cough, here, is not that which 

 accompanies other complaints, as inflammation of 

 the lungs, glanders, nor yet broken or even thick 

 wind ; though the cough I here mean frequently is a 

 fore-runner of both thefe affedions. Butfometimes, 

 without any difficulty of breathing, a horfe has a 

 permanent cough, which is ufually more confiderable 

 night and morning, after eating or drinking, or on 

 any violent exertion. It is very commonly the efFe6l 

 of a cold, which leaves fuch an irritable flate of the 

 windpipe, that, when cold air is breathed, the dif- 

 ference of temperature between the infpircd and the 



