Chap. L. Of Tumor Sy Imp oflhumesy ^c. 189 



which go to their Nouri(hment, and likewife as the Mat- 

 ter finds more or lefs Room for itfelf, as happens in Ab- 

 fcefles. The Dependency and Softnefs of the Part contri- 

 butes alfo to the Augmentation of the Swelling and Increafe 

 of the Matter, becaufe the Return of the Blood is but flow 

 from the inferior and dependent Parts, and becaufe the foft 

 Parts are eafily ftretch'd out when once the Blood has taken 

 a Tendency towards them, which is plainly evident from 

 thofe fudden and excefEve Swellings which fometimes arile 

 in the Fundament and Sheath. 



But the Bones and Sinews are alfo liable to n t o- 



the like Infirmities, yet the Swellings, which ^,„,„ /• //, " 



. , ' -^ , , ° A T-i nenx's liable to 



happen to them and other compaa Parts, SivelHms. 

 feldom rife to any confiderable Bignefs, be- 

 caufe of their Solidity and Hardnefs, which hinders thicir 

 being extended ; but for the fame Reafon makes them very 

 tedious and difficult to be remov'd ; and if a Horfe is put to 

 much Exercife while the Sinews are relax'd, the Pain and 

 Anguifh will caufe a Swelling in the neighbouring Flefli ; 

 and this we may frequently obferve in Strains of the Shoul- 

 der, Back, and Limbs. As for Tumors in the Bones, Hor- 

 fes are indeed not very much fubjed to them, excepting 

 when they are caus'd by old Ulcers that corrode and pene- 

 trate to the Bones ; and this is plain enough in thofe Horfes 

 tliat have been founder'd and batter 'd in their Feet for fome 

 confiderable time, v.'here the difeafed Foot may be obferv'd 

 Xo grow much larger than the other, the Coffin-bone being 

 often in that Cafe afFefted. Neither is it improbable that 

 fome of thofe Horfes that are very large jointed, mifliapen 

 in their Limbs, and narrow chefled, have had their Bones 

 difeafed while they were young and pliable, not unlike thofe 

 of ricketty Children. 



The Swelling of the glandulous and kernelly Siuellings of 

 Parts is alfo very troublefome, as cannot be ^^^^ Kernels. 

 unknown to any Farrier of Pravftice, though fometimes they 

 Will come to as quick and ready a Difcharge as thofe of the 

 mufcular Flefh. And when this happens, Nature is in her 

 full Vigour, and the Horfe is otherwife found and able to 

 feed : But when a Horfe is weaken'd and brought much un- 

 der by any lingring and wafting Difeafe, a Swelling in the 

 Glands will often continue hard and immoveable, and 

 without much Pain, Increafe, or Diminution ; and this is 

 very much owing to the Strudure and Make of the Kernel 

 itfelf, which altho' it be but a foft Part, yet it is fo com- 



padt. 



