^So 



The ope. 

 ration 

 and cure. 



O/Wind-Galls, Blood, &c. 



common membrane that inclofes it, form- 

 ing the cyft : this cafe he has taken the 

 pains to illuftrate in a young colt of his 

 own, where he fays, when the fpavin 

 was preffed hard on the infide the hough, 

 there was a fmall tumour on the outfide, 

 which convinced him the fluid was within- 

 fide the joint: he accordingly cut into it, 

 difch^rged a large quantity of this gela- 

 tinous matrer, drefltd the fore with dofllls 

 dipped in oil of turpentine, putting into 

 it, once in three or four days, a powder 

 made of calcined vitriol, alum, and bole: 

 by this method of drclTing, the bag 

 floughed off, and came away, and the 

 cure -was fuccefsfuhy conipleated without 

 any vidhk fear. 



Recom- This difordcr, according to the above 



jnendcd dcfcription, will fcarcely fubmit to any 



n'liewad-^^^"^ m.ethod except firing, v/hen the 



gaKs. ^y^ ought to be penetrated to make it 



eifcdual; but in all obftinare cafes that 



have refilled the above methods, both 



the cure of this, and the fweliings called 



wind-galls, fhouid, i think be attempted 



in this manner. If, throuf;h the pain 



attending the opperation or drefllngs, the 



joint fhouid fwcll and inflame, foment it 



tv/ice a day, and apply a poultice over the 



dreflings till it is reduced. 



CHAP. 



