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RISING of the LIGHTS. See Inflammation 



of the Lungs. 



ROT in HORSES. 



In the north of England, and, indeed, in many 

 other parts, the rot is made to exprefs either inflam- 

 mation of the lungs, or inteftines, or liver, or of any 

 internal organ, becaufe the gangrenous appearance 

 of thefe parts in thefe cafes makes farriers con- 

 clude that their horfes have Ions; h^Q,\\ rotten: but 

 improved farriery has now not only given more pro- 

 per terms to thefe difeafes, but has taught us how to 

 diftinguilh them from each other, from whence has 

 fprung a more active and judicious mode of treat- 

 ment. 



ROWELS. 



Thefe, like blifters, ad by inflaming the furface, 

 whereby more deep-feated inflammations are re- 

 moved. The mode of making a rowel is well known. 

 A flit being cut in the fl^in, about an inch in length, 

 the finger is introduced to feparate the furrounding 

 flcin from the flefli, <SiC., leaving, by this means, a 

 circle of the fize of half-a-crown, into which is in- 

 troduced a piece of fliff" leather of the fame fi:2e, 

 fmeared over with blifl:ering ointment, or yellow bafi- 

 licon: the fooner the inflammation is wiflied to be 

 raifcd, the more active is the fubftance we chufe to 

 put oJi the leather; hence, in rifing of the lights, in 



