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Neither fire nor caustic will be necessary ; and very 

 few precautions need be taken to secure success. 

 Amongst these, however, are the tying- up of the 

 horse's head — the manner of applying the lotion — and 

 prudence in not touching the wound. In the first 

 place; the head must be so tied up, and the slings so 

 fixed, that the animal may not either strike or rub his 

 knee against the manger, or any substance in front of 

 him. In the second place, the wash is not to be 

 clashed upon the wound ; but a sponge is to be satu- 

 rated with the solution, and this sponge is to be 

 squeezed dry above the sore upon a sound part of the 

 leg. The liquid is then to be suffered to trickle over 

 the injured joint. And in the third place ; although 

 a bunch so large as a man's closed fist should form 

 in front of the part, it must upon no account be 

 touched, or in any way disturbed. Every thing, in 

 short, ought to be done to promote and to preserve 

 such a growth. It is coagulated synovia ; it is plug- 

 ging up the orifice ; and, when the pendent lump of 

 coagulated synovia appears, the main difficulty is 

 surmounted. 



This method of cure is so sure, so speedy, so hu- 

 mane, and so cleanly, that it requires no word here 

 to recommend it. The joint is generally healed in a 

 month, or in six weeks; and in another period all 

 blemish, supposing the injury not to have been un- 

 usually severe, has disappeared. 



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