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cold water to fasten the whole together. These are the best methods 

 I am acquainted with. 



A SPRAIN IN THE SHOULDER. 



When the shoulder of a horse is sprained, he does not put out that 

 leg- like the other, but in order to ease it sets the sound foot firmly on 

 the ground. When trotted in hand he forms a kind of circle with his 

 lame leg, instead of putting it forward, and when he stands in the stable 

 that leg is advanced before the other. 



There is what is called a Shoulder-slip, which is worse than a 

 Sprain. When this happens, the horse can neither lift his leg nor put 

 it forward. You may know this by the shoulder-blade standing 

 higher than the other ; but to discern that, you must make him stand 

 on the lame leg, for the leg he stands on will always appear a little 

 higher than the other. The flesh will also shortly waste away from 

 the shoulder-blade, which is a sure sign of a Shoulder-slip. When 

 this accident has' taken place, put a tap into the lame side of the ani- 

 mal's breast, and blow the shoulder full of wind with a pipe. When 

 you have rinded the skin to put the tap in, hold the skin fast to the 

 pipe, and blow the part that you have rinded full, and let some one 

 draw the wind up into the shoulder with the edge of his hand as far as 

 the top of the shoulder-blade, and then put in the tap, or rowel, and 

 stop the hole up well with tow and salve. Give warm water for three 

 days, and then open the place, stir the tap round, and rub the shoulder 

 all over with the following liniment : 



2 oz. of Spirits of Wine. 



2 do. Sweet Oil. 



2 do. Spirits of Sal Ammoniac. 



Shake them well together, rub the shoulder well with the mixture 

 every third day for some time, and if the horse do not get better with 

 three or four times rubbing, use the following: 



2 oz. of Oil of Turpentine. 



1 do. Oil of Origanum. 



I do. Oil of Bricks. 



Shake these up together, rub all on at a time, and walk the horse 

 about a little afterwards. When near the sea, swimming in the salt 

 water is very proper, and I have known swimming in fresh water to be 

 of great use. 



A Sprain in the shoulder point requires nearly the same treatment 

 as a slip, but you need not 'blow it. When it is attended by inflam- 

 mation, cooling mixtures, such as extract of lead and water, must be 

 used. But when a swelling or an inflammation takes place, it is 

 mostly caused by a hurt, or by a stroke from another horse. If there 

 be no swelling, rub the shoulder point well with the following mixture 



every third day : 



1 oz. of Oil of Peter. 

 1 do. Oil of Amber. 

 1 do. Oil of Spike. 

 1 do. Oil of Bricks. 



Shake these well together, and rub the shoulder point every other 

 day. If the horse be not better, take 



