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him be walked only for an hour each time.— • 

 Flelh will foon grow, and the greafc will foon 

 leave him. 



But if this diforder has by negledt been fuffer- 

 ed to get to a confiderable heighr, it would be 

 highly dangerous to dry the fores up at once. 

 In this cafe we muft promote fuppuration by 

 every means in our power, and endeavour to 

 give a difcharge to the virulent matter. Af- 

 ter having firft had the heels well wafhed with 

 foft foap and water, apply a poultice of roafted 

 turnips. When you find the difcharge has 

 been fufiicient, and the pus or matter which 

 has been brought away to be of a mild fort, 

 you miay leave off the poultice, and, keeping 

 the wounds perfectly clean, proceed to dry 

 them up : and during the cure it will be pro- 

 per to give the horfe hot mallies of bran with 

 nitre mixed, to give him warm watery moderate 

 exercife, clean (lable and (I raw, and good dreiT- 

 ing by a diligent and active groom. This dif- 

 order I have already faid is brought on by the 

 negligence of him who has the care of the 

 horfe. 1 would therefore advife the mailer, 

 t'pon the firft appearance of the fwelling, to 



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