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the swelling has disappeared, if there should be any sores 

 or blotches on the skin, as there will sometimes be in 

 obstinate cases, use the following twice a day until well: 

 Take four ounces of fresh butter or lard, half an ounce 

 each of camphor and castile soap, and a piece of lard 

 the size of a hickory nut, melt and mix these all together, 

 then add one ounce of origanum oil, half an ounce of 

 spirits of turpentine, and when thoroughly mixed it is 

 fit for use. 



It may be deemed expedient to fleam the swollen parts 

 in order to let out the water collected under the skin, so 

 as to effect a more speedy cure in some cases; if so, care 

 should be taken to avoid all veins and arteries, and use 

 only a short fleam for this purpose that will only reach 

 through the skin; although it will seldom, if ever, be 

 necessary to resort to the fleam at all in diseases of this 

 nature, when we consider that the above remedies work 

 it out through the pores of the skin and by the urine, 

 which is the proper mode of eflfecting a cure. 



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CHAPTER XIX. 



BLOOD SPAVINS. 



I am well aware of the declaration made by some in 

 relation to this difficulty, that a horse once spavined is 

 ruined, for a spavin is incurable. As I said at the start, 

 it is not for one man to know all; he may understand 

 some branches of art better than others, and he should 

 not be blamed for not understanding them all; but I 



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