52. THE COMPLETE FARRIER, 



A Corb. 



This is a soft swelling that rises out of the joint on the 

 back part of the hind-leg. just belo-w the hock, and mostly 

 lames the horse, besides being unpleasant to the eye. To 

 cure it, strike a few holes into it with a pricker, made so as 

 just to go through the skin, then rub well with oil of origa- 

 num, and blister as often as n.t.'edful. If this will not answer, 

 use the Spavin ointment once in six days. 



A Ring Bone. 



This is so well known that I need not describe it. but only 

 point out the remedy ; yet I must observe that a Sprain in 

 the Coffin is sometimes taken for a King-bone, when it causes 

 a rim to rise just above the foot, liing-bones come out from 

 the pastern, between the fetlock and the foot ; but if the pas- 

 tern is long, they are nearer the foot. Ihey wi';l generally 

 yield to the same method of cure as a Corb. especially if just 

 coming out. but if not. use the Spavin ointment in same man- 

 ner as in Bone-spavin, only do net apply it so often. Once 

 in six days is often enough. 



Mallenders and Sallenders. 



The first is on the fore-leg, at the bend of the knee, and 

 the last on the hind-leg, at the bend of the hough. They 

 crack and throw out a thin brown matter, and sometimes, a 

 hard scurf or scab, which prevents the horse from bending 

 the limbs which are aflected as he should do. 



Cure. — They both proceed from the same cause, and con- 

 Bequently require the same treatment ; which consists in 

 washing the parts with old chamber-ley, or a warm lather 

 of soap-suds, and afterwards applying strong mercurial oint- 

 ment, spread on tow, to the cracks, once a day till the scabs 

 fall off, when the cure will be completed ; and then it will 

 be necessary to give him a dose or two of physic. If the 

 disorder will not yield to the mercurial ointment, make a 

 strong mixture of vitriol water, and wash the cracks with it,~ 

 and it will dry them up, and cause the scabs to fall o&\ 



The Strangles. 



Most horses have this disorder while young, but at seven 

 years old they are out of danger. There are two kinds of 

 this disorder. The common kind is a swelling under or be- 

 tween the jaw-bones. The other, which is called the bas- 

 tard kind, is much the worst. Sometimes swellings appear 



