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their cause and their prevention, and I now give 

 the following recipe for their cure, viz. : Wash 

 thoroughly with soft-soap and lukewarm water, and 

 then apply the following lotion, viz. : One part of 

 chloride of zinc, twenty parts of water. 



Wind-galls are more of a blemish than an actual 

 unsoundness. Their presence is rather indicative 

 of an excess of lubricating oil. They appear above 

 and around the fetlock-joints, and are round, puffy- 

 looking lumps. They are soft, and yield to the 

 pressure of the hand. Hand-rubbing and bandag- 

 ing and blistering will help to reduce them, but 

 they generally recur with hard work. I was told 

 by a farrier, who was serving at the forge of the 

 cavalry depot at Canterbury, that he, acting under 

 instructions, endeavoured to effect a cure on a horse 

 which was very much wind-galled by daily hand- 

 rubbing, and kneading the wind-galls until they 

 were gradually forced into one. A seton was then 

 applied, and the oily deposit allowed to exude. 

 He informed me that it answered very well for a 

 time ; but that when the horse was again put to 

 work they formed as before. I cannot but think 

 myself that it is best to leave them alone, and to 

 endeavour to keep them down by hand-rubbing and 

 bandaging only. Probably, if a horse subject to 

 them had not got them, he would not last as long. 



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