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strengthen their joints and tendons, i;* 

 strongly to be reprobated. 



It is always neces'jary to allow the horse 

 a long run at grass, or rest, in a large loose 

 stable, after he has recovered from the ope- 

 ration ; and as long as the inflammation 

 which firing occasions continues, the horsd 

 should be treated as we have directed, after 

 blistering. 



GALVANISM. It has been discovered 

 within these few years, that an effect, some- 

 what like electricity, may be produced on 

 the body by the application of different me- 

 tals in a certain way ; and that a short time 

 after death, the muscles may be excited to 

 action by the same means, producing the 

 most curious pha^nomenon. From the name 

 of its discoverer, Galvani, it is termed Gal" 

 'vanis7?u It has lately been employed for 

 the cure of certaiii diseases, and it is said 

 with considerable success ; therefore it may 

 be worth a trial in those disorders of the 

 horse, for which at present we have no re^ 

 medy, such as locked jaw, gutta serena, and 

 other diseases of the eye. (See Wilkinson^ s 

 Elements of Galvanism.) 



CLYSTERS. Clysters are composqd 



