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to grass, until the horn is regenerated; or if requir- 

 ed to work, when the injury is not serious, to have 

 the hoof protected in with a bar shoe. 



Hurts and Bruises in the Wi'.hers. 



Horses are very apt to be hurt or wrung in the 

 withers, by the biting of other horses, or by unfit 

 saddles especially when the bows are too wide; for 

 by that means they bruise the flesh against the 

 spines of the" second and third vertebrae of the 

 back, which form that prominence which rises above 

 their shoulders. When the swelling is moderate, 

 the usual method is to wash the part with salt and 

 water, or to apply horse dung, or salt and black soap 

 mixed together, which very often succeeds. Any 

 restringent charge, as bole and vinegar with whites 

 of eggs, has the same effect as also the whites of 

 eggs beat up into a foam with a piece of alum. 

 This is very much recommended. 



" Sometimes the hair is rubbed off*, and the part 

 oecomes galled, in which case nothing is preferable 

 to the rectified spirit of wine or brandy, which 

 ought to be used often, covering the part with a 

 flaxen cloth dipped in beeswax, and a little oil mel- 

 ted together, to keep the dirt from it, and defend it 

 from the air." 



^ infallible Lotion for BlowSy Bimises, and Sprains. 



Take of spirit of wine, eight ounces; dissolve 

 one ounce of camphor first, in the spirits of wine, 

 then add one ounce of oil of turpentine, one ounce 

 of spirit of sal ammoniac; oil of origanum half an 

 ounce, and one large table spoonful of liquid lau- 

 danum. It must be well rubbed in with the hand, 

 for full a quarter of an hour, every time it is used; 



