226 The ParrierV New Gti'tde. Ch. LXIX. 



and then a Horfe is faid to be HipJ})Qt ; but if it is not re- 

 duc'd immediately, he will be irrecoverably lame. The 

 Cure confifts in the f;^e Applications that are proper for a 

 Shoulder- fplait. 



CHAP. LXIX. 



Of Bones broken and out of Joint. 



THE replacing of Bones that are disjointed, is a very un* 

 fuccefsful Operation, infomuch that we have few or no 

 Inftances of Horfes ever becoming ferviceable after their 

 Bones have been difplac'd ; but broken Bones have often 

 been recovered ; and Solley/ell gives an Inftance of a Horfe 

 that had a Fra6ture of the Bone, with a large Wound in the 

 Flefh j and of a Mule that had a Frafture in the Leg ; both 

 which were cur'd by one who was neither Surgeon nor Far- 

 rier ; and Ruini^ and other Italian Authors, have laid down 

 a Method of Cure for all fuch Accidents, tho' the Succefs 

 muft be very much owing to the Goodnefs of a Horfe's Con- 

 ftitution and Sagacity, there being fome who will favour 

 any Infirmities or Lamenefs more than others. 



When the Bone is fradur'd, the Horfe ought to be rais'd 

 in a Sling ; and while one holds the Member with both 

 Hands three or four Inches above the fraftur'd Part, ano- 

 ther muft extend it, and draw it quite llreight ; after which 

 it is to be bath'd with Vinegar and Bole, and a thick flaxen 

 Cloth dipt in the faid Liquor, and laid fmooih round it ; 

 then with a Roller about tv/o Inches broad, make feveral 

 Rounds upon the fradur'd Part, afcending alfo above and 

 below it, making your Turnings even, that the Splints may 

 lie on clofe ; after which, apply two or three thin Splints of 

 Wood, wrapt up in Linnen Clolh or Hurds, always taking 

 care not to let any of their Ends prefs upon the Sinews ; and 

 above them make feveral Turns with a long Roller upwards 

 and downwards, until the Splints are firm and immoveable. 

 The Leg muft be often bath'd above and below the Dref- 

 fmg with Vinegar, or warm Lees of Wine, efpecially for 

 the firft Fortnight, and the Horfe kept to a laxative Diet ; 

 and the Drefiing kept on for the Space of forty Days, ma- 

 king it tight as often as it begins to turn flack. If the Horfe 

 is inclinable to favour his Infirmity, he will recover without 

 much Trouble ; but if it be otherwife, it will be proper to 

 keep him conftantly in a Sling, fufFering the fractur'd Mem- 

 ber juft to touch the Ground. 



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