3 50 Of particular Diforders 



will be perceived : when the tendon is not 

 ruptured, it fultains the bones, and as it 

 is their point of fupport, the noife k leis 

 lenfiblej but it is bed diftiriguifhed when 

 the tendon is divided. 



The me- The method of curing th^ comprefTion, 

 thod of is to pare the fole to the quick, to let him 

 ^^^^ bleed at the point of the foot; then drL'fs 

 it up with oil of turpentine, and apply an 

 emollient poultice all over the foot, and 

 round the coronet: afterwards foment 

 with the difcutient fomentation; above 

 three- fourths of thefe cafes, according to 

 M La. Fofle, are cured without drawing 

 the fole, but the mod certain remedy is 

 to draw it immediately -, by this method he 

 has cured horfcs in fifteen days, that were 

 not able to put their feet to the grouncj. 



The rup- The rupture of the tendo achHIes is 

 tureofthe^yj.g(j bv comprefs and bandage dipt in 



tendon . *' •'•• 11 • ^u ^., 



ho.vcurcd. '^if^egar or verjuice, only keeping the ex- 

 tremities of the tenc|on in clofe contadb: 

 this is greatly favoured by binding the 

 fetlock, and keeping it in that poluion, 

 by a fplint externally applied^ fo that the 

 foot cannot bend outwards. 



Reflexions From thefe obfervations, it may be 

 «.n the concluded, as alfo from the nature of 



J tend!- 



