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t)f rfie back fHiew, above the fetlocks on 

 the fore legs ; but moft frequently on the 

 hind legs-, though they are met within 

 various parts of the body, wherever mem- 

 branes can be fo feparatcd, that a quan- 

 tity of air and feroficies may be included 

 within their duplicatures. 



When they appear near the joints and How 

 tendons, they are generally caufed by caufcd. • 

 itrains or bruifes on the finews, or the 

 fheath that covers them ; which by being 

 overlireched, have fome of their fibres 

 ruptured ; whence probably may ouze 

 out that fluid which is commonly found 

 with the included air : though where thefe 

 fwellings fhew themfelves in the interflices 

 of large mufcles, which appear blown up 

 like bladders, air alone is the chief fluid ; 

 and thefe may fafejy be opened, and treat- 

 ed as a common wound. 



On the firfl appearance of wind-galls. How tKey 

 their cure fliould be attempted by reftrin- ^^^^^.^^ 

 gents and bandage •, for which purpofe, 

 let the fwelling be bathed twice a day 

 with vinegar, or verjuice alone, or let 

 the part be fomented with a deco6lion of 

 oak-bark, pomegranate, and alum boiled 

 in verjuice i binding over it, with a roll- 

 er, a woollen cloth foaked in the fame. 



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