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too low with his hind legs, mofl of his 

 weight will reft upon them, and give him 

 the greafe, efpecially if he is at all inclined 

 to be gourdy. 



Thelaft thing we fhall recommend, is a horfc 

 a method to oblige a horfe to lay down lying 

 in the ftable. This undoubtedly is of^o^v"»of 

 the utmoft confequence, as it will not a Sf^^^^^^' 

 Jictle contribute to the removal and cure ^^^' 

 of this diforder; for by only changing 

 the pofitions of his legs, a freer circula- 

 tion would be obtained, and the fwelling 

 taken down: whereas, in general, it is 

 greatly aggravated by the obftinacy of 

 the horfe, who refufes to lie down at all 

 (probably from the pain it gives him to 

 bend his legs for that purpofe) by which 

 means the ftiffnefs and fwelling increafes, 

 till the over-gorged and diftended veffels 

 are obliged to give way, and by burfting, 

 difchargethe fluids, which fhould circulate 

 through them. 



The method propofed by Dr. Bracken, How to 

 is to tie up one of his for e feet clofe, and {"^^^ ^^^ 

 to faften a cord, or fmall rope about the ^^y^*"^''"' 

 other fetlock, bringing the end of it 

 over the horfe's (boulders ; then let him 

 be hit or kicked with your foot behind 

 that knee, at the fame time pulling hi$ 

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