Chap. LXXII. Of the String-halt. zi^ 



mult be drefs'd with Honey of Rofes, and Tinv.T;ure of 

 Myrrh warm, and then healed with Bafiiicon mix'd with 

 Turpentine, i^c. 



In giving the Fire, SoUeyfell advifes to An Ohfcrvati- 

 fear the large Vein above and below the "" concerning 

 Thigh, from an Oi)inion that the Tumour the faking up 

 is fed by it ; but it is plainly otherwife, the ^ '"' 

 Office of that Vein being only to take up and carry back 

 that Portion of the Blood which is more than necefiary for 

 the Nourifhment of thofe Parts through which it palles ; 

 and when that Conduit is once ftopt, there mud be a greater 

 quantity of Blood and Nourifhment retain'd in thofe Parts, 

 at leaft for fome time, than before ; wherefore fuch an Ef- 

 fect mud be owing, not to an Abatem.ent of Humours, but 

 to a greater quantity of Moilture derived from a greater 

 quantity of Blood, whereby the Bone may be more eafily 

 Separated, as we have already obferv'd ; but if it chance to 

 have this good EfFecTt in removing a Bone-fpavin, the Lofs 

 of fo large a Veflel may eafily be of worfe Confequence ip 

 pther Refpe<5ts, as fhall be fliewn hereafter. 



CHAP. Lxxn, 



Of the String-halt, 



^TpHE String-halt is an involuntary and convulfive Mo- 

 •*■ tion of the Mufcles, which extend or bend the Hough ; 

 when it feizes the outfidc Mufcles, the Horfe ftraddles and 

 throws his Legs outward?, but when the In fide Mufcles are 

 afFefled, his Legs are twitched up to his Belly ; fometimes it 

 is only in one Leg, fometimes in boih ; but thefe things a^e 

 fo well known, that we need not infill on them. It gene- 

 rally proceeds from fome Strain or Blow j for whatever cre- 

 ates a more than ordinary Pain in any particular Mufcle 

 belonging to the Hough, may caufe a too great Derivation 

 of Blood and Spirirs, whereby fuch an habiturJ Contra^^lion 

 may be produc'd. 



The Cure is difficult, and rarely attended with Succefs ; 

 though, in the Beginning, a String-halt may be removed 

 with good Rubbing, and the Ufe of Fomentations, with 

 daily but moderate Exercife ; for by this Means the Blood 

 and Spirits may be equally derived into the difeafed Mufcle 

 and its Antagonilt The lad Refuge is ufually the Fire, 

 which has been known to anfwer, at lead fo far as to pre- 

 vent abfolute Lamenefs. 



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