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wound is severe, this or any stimulant will increase 

 the inflammation to a mischievous extent. The 

 horn (if the wound is in the foot) should be pared 

 away, and the place poulticed. Lameness occur- 

 ring soon after shoeing should always excite a sus- 

 picion that the sensible sole has been pricked, and 

 in such a case it is obviously impolitic to consult 

 the smith by whom the horse was shod. In apply- 

 ing a poultice, it is a common practice to tie it 

 tightly round the foot or leg with strings. This 

 is injurious : a worsted stocking is a very con- 

 venient bag, and may easily be kept on by apply- 

 ing another stocking to the other foot, and passing 

 a roller over the withers to connect the two. Any 

 tight ligature round the leg is injudicious, if it can 

 be avoided. 



Where any place is galled or swelled by the 

 saddle, or the harness, fomentation is the best of 

 all remedies; should any abscess be formed it should 

 be opened and kept open by a seton, till the 

 matter is entirely discharged. A kick or a bruise 

 should receive the same treatment if the contusion 

 is considerable ; and especially in the case of 

 broken knees. In this case a horse is often more 

 blemished by the treatment than by the accident 

 itself. If the joint is much injured, a cure is 



generally hopeless ; it would be more hunmne as 

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