DescriptioQ of Bruises in the Withers. 



for three or four weeks after the last time of 

 dressincr. This method the author has tried ia 

 very bad cases, and never found it to faii, if pro- 

 perly dressed. If any fungous, or proud flesh, 

 should appear between the times of dressing, jt; 

 may be touched with the styptic (No. 139, p. 

 ^18.) After the horse has been dressed a third 

 time, it will be proper to take some blood from 

 him, and to gwe him a purging ball or two ; such 

 as (No. 2, p. 1 1), or (No. 4, p. 14). Afterwards 

 he may have a few of the balls ( No. 28, p. 49), 

 which will be found excellent to purify the blood. 



CHAP. XL. 



OF THE FISTULA, AND BRUISES IN THE 

 WITHERS. 



This is a kind of ulcer, which generally begins 

 on the top of the withers, and is small at the first, 



