THE COMPLETE FARRIER. 



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If the above method fail of a cure, you may make an incision into 

 the bag with a knife, and let out the gelatinous matter, and then dress 

 the wound with a digestive ointment till the bag be destroyed. But 

 this is a dangerous method ; and although it may answer in some 

 cases, it will not in others. Should the joint run a joint-lee, the cure 

 is not to be depended on. In old horses nothing can be done that will 

 be of service. 



A CORB. 



This is a soft swelling that rises out of the joint on the back part 

 of the hind-leg, just below the hock, and mostly lames the horse, be- 

 sides being unpleasant to the eye. To cure it, strike a few holes 

 into it with a pricker, made so as just to go through the skin, then 

 rub well with oil of origanum, and blister as often as needful. 



A RING BONE. 



This is so well known that I need not describe it, but only point 

 out the remedy ; yet I must observe that a Sprain in the Coffin is 

 sometimes taken for a Ring-bone when it causes a rim to rise just 

 above the foot. Ring-bones come out from the pastern, between the 

 fetlock and the foot ; but if the pastern is long, they are nearer the 

 foot. 



They will generally yield to the same method of cure as a Corb, 

 especially if just coming out, but if not, recourse must be had to firing. 



Splents, Osselets, or any other bony or fleshy substances on the 

 legs may be cured in the same manner. A Splent on the shank-bone 

 is only a grievance to the eye, and will go away of itself when the 

 horse comes to age; but the sooner those that are near the knees or 

 the tendons are removed the better. 



MALLENDERS AND SALLENDERS. 



The first is on the fore-leg, at the bend of the knee, and the last on 

 the hind-leg, at the bend of the hough. They crack and throw out a 

 thin brown matter, and sometimes, a hard scurf, or scab, which pre- 

 vents the horse from bending the limbs Which are affected as he 

 should do. 



Cure. — They both proceed from the same cause, and consequently 

 require the same treatment; which consists in washing the parts with 

 old chamber-lie, or a warm lather of soap-suds, and afterwards ap- 

 plying strong mercural ointment, spread on tow, to the cracks, once 

 a "day till the scabs fall off, when the cure will be completed ; and 

 then it will be necessary to give him a dose or two of physic. If the 

 disorder will not yield to the mercurial ointment, make a strong mix- 

 ture of vitriol water, and wash the cracks with it, and it will dry 

 them up, and cause the scabs to fall off. 



THE STRANGLES. - 



Most horses have this disorder while young, but at seven years 

 old they are out of danger. There are two kinds of this disorder, 



