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blifters and reft give fome relief: but it is feldom 

 that a permanent cure is obtained. 



Bone Spavin, in its early ftate, may be known by 

 the lamenefs it occafions in the hock, and the heat of 

 the part ; but the fwelling is feldom confiderable at 

 firft. It is at this time only we are at all certain of a 

 cure, which may be ufually brought about by an 

 adlive blifter. Kit fliould not give way to this, fire, 

 and apply at the fame time another blifter. In the 

 advanced ftages of it, when the fwelling is of long 

 ftanding, blifter actively; and as foon as quite well, 

 fire, and blifter over it. 



SPLENT. 



Splents are ufually fituated on the infide of the 

 fore legs under the knee, and are to be treated cx- 

 adly in the fame manner as bone fpavins. Splents 

 are brought on by being too early put to work: 

 and there is another very common caufe, but not 

 ufually attended to, which is the raifing the outfide 

 of the foot by calkins, or by a thick heel, which, 

 throwing the weight on the inner fide, puts the parts 

 on the ftretch, and weakens them. 



STABLE. 



The limits of this little Troatife c]o not permit 

 more than a few hints, of the more important kind, 

 on this fubjed. Stabling of horfes, as it is wholly a 

 deviation from nature, fo it is furely paving the way 



