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emollient or relaxing applications, than which 

 nothing can be more useful at the beginning 

 of the disease. 



Tendinous strains consist in an inflammation 

 of the membranes in which tendons are 

 enveloped; and the swelling which takes place 

 in these cases depends on an effusion of 

 coagulable lymph by the vessels of the in- 

 flamed part. Inflammation being the essence 

 of a strain, we are to employ such remedies 

 as are best calculated to subdue it ; and 

 should any swelling remain, it is to be removed 

 by stimulating the absorbent vessels to in- 

 creased action. 



Strain of the Shoulder. 



This disease is by no means so frequent as 

 it is supposed to be, lameness in the feet 

 being often mistaken for it : the difference, 

 however, is so well marked, that a judicious 

 observer will never be at a loss to disting^uish 

 one from t he other. 



A shoulder strain is an inflammation of some 

 of the muscles of the slioulder, mdst^ com- 

 monlj^ 1 believe, those by which the limb is 

 connected with the bod v. The lameness which 



