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hoof, wc lliould run the rifque of forcing and 

 feparating it from the enchannelled fleih, which 

 would produce a dangerous inflammation, of 

 which I have feen fome examples. You mull 

 obferve not to raife the flefhy fole with the 

 horny fole, nor to fmear it over, as has been 

 done, for it prolongs the cure ; but every able 

 pradtitioner knows how to avoid thefe kinds of 

 dangers. When the cartilage muft be cut 

 away figure 7 and 8 plate II. if it be fpoiled, 

 part of the wall or hoof which covers it muft 

 alfo be taken off, as alfo the enchannelled flefli 

 reprefented at figure 7. and then the whole car- 

 tilage without referve ; for if any part be left, 

 although found, it foon becomes morbid, and 

 notwithftanding all our endeavours, we fhould 

 be obliged to come to a fecond operation. The 

 ligament which joins the bone of the foot to 

 the coronary, and the capfula that contains the 

 fynovia of the joint muft be carefully avoided, 

 for touching thefe parts would render the dif- 

 order incurable, as if the lower part of the co- 

 ronary-bone was injured figure i. Plate III. 



In order to remedy and afTift this amputa- 

 tion the fole muft be drawn, if there be any 

 matter under it, on the difeafed fide •, but if 

 not. It may be let alone •, for the firft and fe- 

 cond drefTings good firm doffils muft be made, 

 fome little fome big; the fmall ones for the 

 bottom of the wound, the larger ones for the 



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