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red cholic, daggers, &c., when we ufe rowels, it is; 

 proper to fmear the leather with blillering ointment.. 

 Rowels are of great fervicc as a drain in farcy, 

 fwelled legs, inflammation of the e3es, greafe, &c. 

 &c. The parts rhey are ufually placed in are, under 

 the throat, between the forelegs, along the belly, and 

 within fide the thighs, 



SADDLE GALLS 

 Are ufually eafily removed by bathing them with 

 the 



Embrocation for Strains [page 25]. 



SPAVINS 



Are of two kinds ; blood fpavin and bone fpavin. 

 Blood Spavin confifts, outwardly, of an enlargement 

 of the vein that jiafles over the infide of the hock ; 

 but, inwardly, there is another enlargement, which is, 

 m fa<5't, the real caufe of the difeafe ; this is in the 

 mucous refervoirs that lubricate the joints, the nature 

 of which enlari^ement is fimilar to windfalls below : 

 fo that, in fa<5l, blood fpavin is only a windgall of 

 the hock, and the enlargement of the vein is only 

 the confeq'uence of this windgall: therefore it is 

 evident that taking up this vein, as is ufually prac- 

 tifed, can only afford temporary relief. Blood or 

 Bag Spavin, as it is fometimes called, does not often 

 occafion lamenefs till it is very large, in which cafe 



