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method of cure. Bleed about ^ gallon from the neck vein, 

 then take i pint of linseed oil, i pint spirits of wine, mix 

 tog-ether and rub them strongly against the hair, in the 

 warm sun in order that the skin may be relaxed and a 

 sweat break out, after which the horse should be well 

 curried and put in a warm stable with plenty of litter, then 

 feed the condition powder once a day for ten days in a bran 

 mash. 



Strain of the Shoulder, 



Horses that are weak before and low^er footed with an 

 unstead}^ tread are most liable to contract this disorder, 

 which consists in a twist or sprain of the strong muscles 

 that attach the shoulder to the body; taking up the foot 

 and bending the limb will further prove the existence of a 

 strain, if the hoi'se evince pain, Avhereas if it lie in the foot 

 the lame leg can be moved as supple as the other, tlie 

 difficulty of ascertaining the real seat of lameness is some- 

 times so great, being entirel^^ invisible, as to cause many 

 expedients to find the exact place, for this purpose hold up 

 his head high and after comparing and finding no differ- 

 ence in the shoulders, let go the head, when he would be 

 observed to flinch upon bringing it towards the afiected 

 side; let a person rattle some corn in a seive at a distance 

 behind him, alternating the sides, he will be observed to 

 evince pain in turning his neck and straining the affected 

 side, not so the pain in the foot ; the horse will step short 

 and throw out his leg in a semi-circle when he has received 

 a prick in shoeing, this last sign is not to be taken as final 

 indication of a strain in shoulder, the foot is to be exam- 



