ON LAMENESS IN THE SHOULDERS. 101 



superior medicine, will find the following receipt a 

 good one. I have tried it myself; and if I did not 

 prefer that which I have recommended above, I should 

 invariably make use of it : 



Syrup of buckthorn, tluee quarts 

 Jalap, quarter of a pound ; 



to which add three quarters of a pound of cream of 

 tartar, to be mixed in their food. This is sufficient 

 for twenty couples of hounds. 



SECTION SEVENTH. 



ON LAMENESS IN THE SHOULDERS AND STIFLE-JOINTS. 



In a previous chapter on the kennel, I set forth in a 

 clear light the real and only cause of kennel 

 lameness existing in hounds ; upon the cause J shall 

 say no more; and even with regard to an attempt at 

 cure, the undertaking will be useless, unless the pack 

 are first removed to another more healthy spot. The 

 usual remedies are blistering (which seldom does any 

 good), putting setons in the shoulders, and turning 

 out of the kennel to run loose; but, amongst the 

 whole of the systems recommended, the last, namely, 

 giving the animal his liberty for a time, may be con- 

 sidered the most efficacious. 



Many hounds become unsound in their shoulders 

 also from other causes, such as blows from rushing 

 out of the kennel and striking themselves against a 

 door-way, and from kicks from horses, and other acci- 

 dents, also from being lost, and lying out all night in 

 a damp situation ; by proper care and management, 

 they may from suvh casualties eventually recover. 



