244 BOG-SPAVIN. 



Further Directions for Cure. 



If the part appear weak at that time, firing will 

 be of great service, if it be neatly done ; and the 

 blistering charge (No. 114, p. 172) applied all 

 round the joint; after which he may be turned 

 out to grass for the same space of time as before ; 

 then if the charge be covered with a flannel, the 

 stitches may be cut, and the charge permitted to 

 fall off of itself. It should here be noticed, that 

 if th|e spavin be opened when it first appears, 

 dangerous consequences will result. The matter 

 then discharged is, of a brownish colour, and 

 sometimes tinged with blood ; but when it is of 

 long standing, there is no danger in opening the 

 tumor. By strict attention to the aforesaid rules 

 the bog-spavin^ may be cured, though of ever so^ 

 long-standing. 



