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chance, length of time, and reft ; which often 

 happens. 



I can however aflert that I never faw nor 

 heard of a horfe, put to hard labour, as draw- 

 ing heavy carriages, or carrying heavy burdens, 

 fradluring the coronary-bone. 



Observation XV. 



, Strong compreflions are diftinguifhed by 

 pufliing the thumb upon the coronet, it makes 

 a horfe feel as Iharp a pain as if there was a 

 fra6lure ; in this cafe no time muft be loft be- 

 fore the fole is drawn. 



When the compreftlon is not fo violent, as 

 that it cannot be thus known by the coronet, 

 it muft be examined in the foot, the horny fole 

 muft be pared until it becomes flexible under 

 the tool ; which muft be done as near the 

 frog as can be -, the tool muft be prefTed, 

 and if the horfe is fenfible of it in that place, 

 we may be affured that there is a compreffion of 

 the coronary-bone upon the nut-bone. The me- 

 thod of cure is to pare the fole to the quick, to 

 let him bleed at the point of the foot, and apply 

 a pledget with oil of turpentine to the bleeding ; 

 alfo an emollient pultife in the foot and round 

 the coronet. Above three fourths of thefe cafes 

 are cured without drawing the fole : but I pre- 

 fer bleeding in the upper part of the foot, in 

 expedbation of the returning blood ; whereby 

 you will the better unload the part. 



Obser- 



