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5S THE COMPLETE FARRIER. 



Sometimes horses have what are called Setfasts on their backs. 

 Rub them with a little mercurial ointment, in order to raise them and 

 make them come off; and if you cannot pull them out after using the 

 ointment, cut them out with a sharp knife, and apply to the place the 

 above mixture, or heal it up as a common wound. 



W1NDGALLS. 



These are mostly on the hind-legs, near the fetlock, but I have known 

 them above the fetlock, and on the arm. Windgalls are not only eye- 

 sores, but lame many a horse. Many methods are tried to disperse 

 them without effect. If yon put your finger on one side and your 

 thumb on the other, and press with one of them, you will find the 

 Windfall to go quite through the leg. The reason that they are most- 

 ly on the hind-legs ; s, because the horse stands lower behind than be- 

 fore, and throws mos.' weight on the hind-legs. 



Cure. — On the first appearance of a Windgall, bathe the place well 

 with warm vinegar and spirits of wine, and put a pretty tight bandage 

 round it. If this do not remove it, lay on blistering ointment till the 

 cure shall be completed. But should this method also fail, which it 

 seldom does, you must lay the Windgall open, and dress it as a com- 

 mon wound. Before you use the knife, be careful to get the horse's 

 body into a proper cool state by physic. 



Some people fire to cure Windgalls, running the iron on the skin, 

 (what is called scoring,) but thereby do little good, as that cannot 

 destroy the bag of wind and matter. It may draw the skin a liitle 

 tighter, so that the Windgall will not appear so large. 



THE GREASE. 



This disorder is mostly brought on by soft corn, hard usage, want 

 of proper cleaning, or a depraved state of the blood and juices; there- 

 fore it is proper to divide it into two heads. 



Cure, when the Vessels are relaxed — On first observing the 

 legs of a horse to swell after standing several hours, and to recover 

 their proper dimensions widi exercise, be careful to wash them clean 

 with chamber-lie, soap-suds, or vinegar and water, every time he 

 comes in, for this will prevent or remove the disorder. Horses that 

 have round or fleshy legs are more subject to the grease than those 

 that have flat legs ; but a flat-legged horse is more easily sprained. 

 Nitre, sulphur, and liver of antimony, are proper both to prevent the 

 grease and to refine the blood. Mix equal parts of each, and give a 

 meat-spoonful every day in his food. 



Cure for the Grease from Internal Causes. — If the horse be 

 full of flesh, the cure must be begun by bleeding, rowels, and repeated 

 purging ; after which two ounces of the following balls should be given 

 every other day for some time, and they will work by urine the day 

 following : 



4 oz. of Yellow Resin. 2 oz. of Salt of Tartar. 



2 do. Salt of Prunel. 8 do. Castile Soap. 



1 do. Oil of Juniper. 1 do. Camphor. 



