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remains uninjured, a new hoof may be 

 procured by the following method. 



The old hoof fhould by no means be Remark. 

 pulled off, unlefs fome accident happens, 

 that requires its removal, for it ferves as 

 a defence to the new one, and makes it 

 grow more fmooth and even •, and indeed 

 nature will in general do this office at her 

 own proper time. — On the removal of 

 the hoof, a boot of leather, with a ftrong 

 fole fhould be laced about the paftern, 

 bolftering and flopping the foot with fofc 

 flax, that the tread may be eafy : drefs the 

 fore with the wound ointment, to which 

 fhould be added the fine powders of myrrh 

 maftich, and olibanum. If this medi- 

 cine fhould not be fufEcient to prevent a 

 fungus, burnt alum, or precipitate, may 

 be added to it, and the luxuriant fiefh 

 may be daily wafhed with the fublimate 

 water. 



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