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\ihtn you apply it. The befl way of ufing 

 this, is to get a (lick (an old broom-flick is as 

 good as any thing ), fplit it at one end about 

 fix inches down, and in the cleft part flip in a 

 piece of an old (locking, and tie it on tight : 

 make the mixture boil ( for which purpofe you 

 had better have a pan of coals in the liable )i 

 dip the flocking into \ty and foment the dif«- 

 €afed part by dabbing on the place. The 

 oftener this is repeated, the better. You need 

 not be afraid of applying this fomentation too 

 hot, or repeating it too often. 



By perfifling in fomenting the part, you 

 -will have fymptoms of an approaching cure; 

 between the fomentations a kind of dew will 

 rife on the hair — an indication of perfpiration, 

 and of the fpecdy termination of the diforder; 

 You will be cautious not to negle6t repeating 

 the fomentation very frequently; and you 

 muft keep the horfe well covered, particularly 

 on the part aftedled, fo that it be kept as warm 

 as poiTible; for warmth will greatly affift the 

 difperfion of the tum^our, and prevent the 

 llagnation of the blood. By immediately 



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