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As great vveaknefs remains in the paf- Turning 

 terns after violent ilrains, the beft method ""^^'^^ . 

 IS to turn the horle out to grals till he is proper. 

 perfe6tly recovered ; when this cannot be 

 complied with the general way is to blifter 

 and fire. 



When a horfe is lame in ihcfeifle^ he The figns 

 generally treads on his toe, and cannot of lamc- 

 fet the heel to the ground. Treat him at "^fsin die 

 firft with the vinegar and the cooling re-^'-' ^* 

 ftringents ; but if a large fwelling, with 

 puffinefs, enfues, foment it well with the 

 difcutienc fomentation till it difperfes ; 

 and then bathe the part with any of the 

 above medicines. 



A lamenefs in the ijohirle-hone and The figns 

 hip is difcovered by the horfe's drag- oflame- 

 ging his leg after him, and dropping "^i^.'J^^^* 

 backward on his heel when he trots. ^^Ton^/ 

 the mufcles of the hip are only injured, 

 this kind of lamenefs is cured cafily -, .but 

 when the ligaments of the joint are af- 

 fected, the cure is often very difficult, 

 teaious, and uncertain. In either cafe, ac 

 firfl bathe the parts well with the cool- 

 ing medicines, tour or five times a^day ; 

 in the mufcular ftrain this method alone 

 may fucceed j but in the ligamentous, it 



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