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outer part gradually enlarged, which mufl be 

 dipped in oil of turpentine ; afterwards the dof- 

 fils mufl be armed with common-turpentine, 

 and a good ample bandage put on to com- 

 prefs them, fo as to prevent the flefh irom 

 rifing above the hoof. As for the future dref- 

 fings they need not be fo clofely confined ; in 

 this cafe all foftening remedies are good, and 

 the whole difficulty of this amputation lies in 

 the cutting, and the management of the 

 dreffings. 



I have obferved that although the operations 

 made upon the fore feet, be never fo well per- 

 formed, efpecially if the hoof be ftrong, and 

 however well cured, the horfe will fometimes 

 continue lame-, which never is the cafe with the 

 hind feet-, this is a fact which perhaps we may 

 in fome meafure account for. 



If what is marked above be not punctually 

 followed, and the cartilage mould be taken off 

 piece-meal, either by cauflics, the actual cautery, 

 or cutting,we rifque keeping the horfe a longtime 

 upon his litter ; which retains the matter, fpoils 

 the capfula and ligament, and often deflroys 

 the animal. 



The difTection of the feet of two horfes has 

 taught me an exception to this extirpation of 

 the cartilage abovementioned : It happens 

 fometimes by an extraordinary conformation, 

 that the horfe has little or no cartilage upon 

 the apophy fis of the foot- bone, and that it is a 

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