iiz TheVhiitLuR's Ne'wCuide. Ch. LXVIL 



J Sttfafi ^ Sitfajl proceeds alfo from a Saddle- 



^* gall, and is another of the Accidents that 



happens to the Spine ; it is dry and horny, and niay be 

 cur'd by anointing it firft with Oil of Bays, until it turnsJ 

 foft, and then by drefling it with Quickfilver and Turpen- 

 tine, as above dire(fted,which alone will make a Cure, ef- 

 pecially if the hard horny Subftance be gently fcarrify'd in 

 ibme Places. 



CHAP. LXVIL 



Of a Shoulder- wrenchy Shoulder -pight^ and 

 Shoulder-fplait. 



nrO underfland the Nature of thefe Infirmities, it will b6 

 ■*■ neceflary to remember, that the Blade- bone of the 

 Shoulder is fixed to the Body, not by Articulation or Joint- 

 ing, but by Appofition, being laid to the Ribs, and faften'd 

 by the Mufcles which lie under and above it ; fo when a 

 Horfe happens to receive a Blow or Strain in the Shoul- 

 der, the Tendons of thofe Mufcles are ftretched and relax- 

 ed ; and when that is violent, it is called a Shoulder-Jplaity 

 and becomes more or lefs dangerous, as the Horfe is more 

 or lefs hardy. 



Every one fufficiently knows, that a Slip, falfe Step, or 

 any undue Pofition of a Horfe'sLegs, will ftrain and weaken 

 the Shoulder, by ftretching thofe Ligaments ; and fome- 

 times the Shoulder is afFedled by a Hurt or Bruife on the 

 Withers, the Reafon of which may be eafily enough con- 

 ceiv'd, by any one who will examine into the Strudure of 

 thefe Parts ; but when the Accident proves not fo violent 

 as to fhew a Loofenefs and Swelling, it is not eafily dif- 

 cerned whether the Lamencfs be in the Shoulder, in the 

 Foot, or any other Joint. The befl Judges have therefore 

 in all fuch Cafes, thought it proper to examine all Parts 

 from the Shoulder downwards, and even to unfhoe the 

 Horfe, that they may know certainly where to apply their 

 Remedies. But the Infirmities ot the Shoulders may be 

 diftinguiflied from thofe of the Feet, by having a Horfe 

 put to Exercife ; for if the Lamenefs be in the Feet, he 

 ■will halt moft when he is ridden ; but if it be in the Shoul- 

 der, the warmer he grows the lefs he will halt ; and, if 

 the Wrench be violent, he will be apt to caft his Legs out- 

 wards, forming a Circle as he goes. But if none of thefe 

 Signs arc perceivable in his Gail, the fureft Way is to turn 



him 



