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A hkod-fpavin is a fwelling and dilata- A blood- 

 tion of the vein that runs along the in- jP^.y^^'l'^^" 

 fide of the hough, forming a little fofc 

 fwelling in the hollow part, and is^ often 

 attended with a weaknefs and lamenefs of 

 the hough. 





The cure fhould be firft attempted with The cure, 

 the reftringents and bandage above re- 

 commended, which will contribute greatly 

 to ftrengthen all weakneOes of the joints, 

 and frequently will remove this diforder, 

 if early applied ; but if, by thefe means 

 the vein is not reduced to its ufual di- 

 menfions, the fkin fhould be opened, and 

 the vein tied with a crooked needle and 

 wax-thread pafled und(rrneath it, both 

 above and below the fwelling, and the 

 turgid part fuffered to digeft away with 

 the ligatures : for this purpofe, the wound 

 may be daily dreffcd with turpentine, 

 honey, and fpirit of wine, incorporated 

 together. 



A hog-fpavin is an incyfted tumour on Abog- 

 the infide the hough, or, according to^P^.^'"^^- 

 Dr. Bracken, a colledion of brownifh^*^^^^^'^* 

 gelatinous matter, contained in a bag, 

 or cyft, which he thinks to be the lubri- 

 cating matter of the joint altered, the 



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