ROWELLING. 3Q5 



How jto perform the Operation. 



once, and the ojther half in six or eight weeks af- 

 ter, and treated as there directed. The sole, be- 

 ing the main support of the horse's foot, very 

 seldom requires more to be pared off than the 

 loose or shelly parts. If the horse's feet be ever 

 so strong or good, the constantly thinning of the 

 sole every time he is shodj will make him tender* 

 footed, and in time will bring on this disease* 



CHAP. LXIV. 



ROWELLING. 



RowELLiNG is useful in some respects, and 

 answers nearly the same intention as blistering 

 does on the human body. When this operation 

 is performed, the skin must be cut so as to get a 

 finger or a thumb into it, which must be worked 

 about till the skin is parted from the body three 

 or four inches round ; then dip the rowel in a 



