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in the flioulders, the caufes of laming horfes 

 ought to be looked for. 



What leaves no manner of room to doubt 

 that the origin of this dileafe is not folely in the 

 articulations, is, that after having diffedled 

 horfes whom they thought cold in the fhoul- 

 ders, I found that the fynovia of the joints in 

 the foot was diminiihed and changed. I be- 

 lieve that when a horfe is very hot, the fweat 

 which falls from the fhoulders and neck upon 

 the legs, in proportion as it defcends from the 

 trunk grows cold upon the lower extremities, 

 which moreover cannot be fo warm as the 

 mufcles. 



It is to this diflance, to this organifation, and 

 to the cooling of the fweat upon thefe parts v;e 

 may attribute the diminution and alteration cf 

 the fynovia which firft caufes the foot to chop 

 or crack and then lames the horfe. 



This evil may be prevented by walking a 

 horfe gently after hard riding, that he may cool 

 by degrees, till he is well dried •, he is then to 

 have his legs well rubbed down, to be covered 

 and kept very warm, in his cloths for an hour •, 

 no rifque is run in carrying him to the water to 

 walh him, if he is fplalhed with dirt, though 

 he is in a fweat •, care muil only be taken not to 

 let him drink, and to walk him before you put 

 him into the liable, that he may not grow fud- 

 deely cold ; the cuflom of rubbing the legs 

 with flraw is falutary, being intended to refrefh 



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