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A curb proceeds from the fame caufes How cured. 

 that produce fpavins, viz. hard riding, 

 ftrains, blows, or kicks. The cure at firlt 

 is generally eafy enough effefed by bliller- 

 ing, repeated two or three time?, or oftener. 

 If it does not fubmit to this treatment, 

 but grows excefiively hard, the quickeft 

 and iureft way is to lire with a thin iron, 

 making a line down the middle from top 

 to bottom, and drawing feveral lines in a 

 penniform manner pretty deep •, and then 

 to apply a mild bliftering plaifter or oint- 

 ment over it. — This method will entirely 

 remove it. 



There is another fwelling taken notice A jardon. 

 of, on the outfide of the hock, which is defcribed. 

 called a Jardon, This commonly pro- ,^ 



ceeds from blows and kicks of other 

 horfes-, but frequently happens to ma- 

 naged horfes, by fetting them on their 

 haunches : it is feldom attended with 

 much lamenefs, unlefs it has been ncg- 

 le6ted, or fome little procefs of the bone 

 be broke. It (hould firft be treated with 

 the coolers and repellers in page 273, and 

 274: but if any fwelling continues hard, 

 and infenfible, the beft way is to blifter 

 or fire ; but mild blifters alone generally 

 fucceed. 



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