Of strains in the PASTERN or COFFIN. 149 



A BLISTER for an Objlinate STRAIN in the PASTERN 



or COFFIN-JOINT. 



Take the Strong Bliftering Ointment for a let-down Sinew, 

 fee page 109, rub either of the above parts with the Ointment, 

 and rub it in well with your hand ; then obferve to give time 

 for the part to cool and become clear from fcurf before you 

 repeat the fecond Bliller. 



After the above methods have been made ufe of, and the 

 part is become fine and firm, then it will be proper to lay the 

 firing-iron on the part; then apply the Blifter after Firing, fee 

 page 109, on the part, and not to be heated in with a hot iron. 



When you fire either the Paftern or Coffin-joint, you muft 

 obferve that the fkin is thicker in that part than in any other 

 part of the body, except the Whirlbone, therefore you mufh 

 fire the Faftern or Coffin deeper than any other part of the 

 body, except the Whirlbone. On the other hand, I have 

 known feveral Horfes lame in the Nut or Coffin-bone, to 

 which the beft of applications were made ufe of, but all to no 

 purpofe ; as I have been an eye-witnefs to feveral Horfes 

 lame in the Coffin-bone, and in thofe days I thought myfelf 

 in the wrong, as I could not compleat a cure on them; but 

 fince then I ftuck a Horfe which was lame in the Nut-bone 

 which refteth upon the Coffin, broke in three pieces ; and 

 fince then I have feen feveral of the fame kind; and if the cafe 

 fhould prove fo, there is no hope of a cure ; therefore reft 

 content with the lofs of your Horfe, and fo-forth. 



M ill Seftion, 



