204 BONE-SPAVIN, RING-BONE, ScC. 



Method of curing the Bone-spaTin, Splints, &c. 



Let this he well rubbed on the part affected 

 with the Jinger ends (taking a small quantity of 

 the {X)vvders each time), for six or seven mornings 

 together. In all the above cases, where the callus 

 is Dot ver}' large, and the pain has been, in part, 

 removed by the application of the above-mentioned 

 medicines, firing will, for the most part, answer 

 the end. After which operation let the part fired 

 be spread all over with the blistering ointment 

 (No. 113. p. 171,) for three successive mornings. 

 The horse must have his head tied to the rack, so 

 as not to reach it with his mouth, lest he bite it 

 (which will blister his mouth, and likewise ble- 

 mish the part). He may stand tied for five or six 

 hours, and then let him be untied, and have his 

 liberty as before. In three or four days after the 

 last time of dressing, he may be turned into a 

 straw-yard, if in winter, or to grass, if at the 

 spring of the year, for two or three months. 



In very obstinate cases, of long standing, and 

 where the callus is large, and the part full of 



