bring it to a fpeedy fuppiiration. You may 

 in fad by fuch means do more harm than 

 good. I have feen fome extraordinary cures 

 by the above method; arid when the horfe has 

 been in extreme danger I have caufed him to 

 be attended night and day. 



Rowelling is fometimes very neceflary to 

 aflift in difcharging the foul humours, and pre- 

 vent them overloading the part aggrieved. 

 Rowelling in unflcilful hands is a dangerous 

 operation. I knew a bungling fellow, who, 

 determining to go deep enough, cut through 

 the mufcles of the abdomen, and w^ounded the 

 peritoneum or thin membrane, v/hich covers 

 the omentum or cawl: the horfe, which was 

 a valuable one, died in confequence. The 

 way to rowel a horfe is to a make fmall inci- 

 fion or (lit juft through the fkin, about three or 

 four inches above the part aggrieved; put in 

 your finger, and work it round until you 

 make room fufficient between the fiefn and 

 the fl^in to contain the leather rowel, which 

 muft be prepared in the manner following: 

 Take a piece of thick tanned leather, fiich as 

 is ufedfor foleing ofHiocs; cut it round, about 



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