of' the FEET. 347 



the fpace in the hoof, the fleHiy folc 

 being no longer preffc^d, its inflammanoa 

 ceafes and the foot recovers its natural 

 itatc. 



When the fole is drawn, the foot Tliemsr- 

 fhould be fuffered to bleed, in order to ner m 

 empty the blood -veflcls, and lymph a- Jreflln^. 

 ticks: let it be drefled with the turpen- 

 tine digeftive; but do not bind it up too Whytlie 

 flrait, and let the hoof be drefled with |^"^^ *'^ 

 emollients, to n>oi(len, (xcend, ^'"^^ douk be 

 fofren the pans : for the hoof of a horie kept 

 may be compared to a fponge •, when ic moiit. 

 is dry, it contracts iif if, even to the 

 inner parts; if it be moilkned, it foften% 

 and dilates: if he Hand long in a ftable^ 

 without taking care to keep the hoofs 

 moiH:, he o^ten goes lame •, becaufe the 

 hoofs are fufceptible of contradion, as 

 well as dilatation. 



The comprcfTion in the hoof h 'ppen^ The com- 

 by the coronary pufliinc^ i^^ainCt the nut- P*'^^^"^"-' 

 bone, upon which it partiv moves, as we r 



I - 1 I r I • 1 1 lor anntc- 



have oblerved before; which having the niically. 

 a6l;ion of aievtjr, takes tor ics point of 

 fupport the upper and tore part of the 

 foot bone comprefFtd ; the nut bone, 

 which it railes, and which puflies againft 

 the tendo-achilles ; which tendon prefies 



the 



