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s Ju Dr. Turts’s | Aint of 
ati a | twenty-penny-nail gimblet, ina part Fite horn’ which 
E ouk be fappófed t tobe: moft favourable fora difcharge j t is 
moft: udent to. bore, at frit, two: or ' three inches ` ‘above the 
head; if it is found hollow, and the: gimblet pafiés throagh' to 
. the! oppolite fide without refiftance;-and no blood: difcharees 
from. the aperture, | it may be:belt:to! bore ftill lower nd'28 Hear 
the headasit thall be judged that the hollowne® extendi: "Flu 
opening i isa neceflary meafure,’ and often gives imnimedidté re- 
ies Care mutt bé taken to keep it clear, as it is apt t6 be'dlog. 
ged by: a thin Raid that gradually olizes out aid fills up the paf- 
E ne havé practited fawing’ off the horn, pera the 
TV ations dt does not fucceed better than boring: - 
In autumn, 1774, ona faim 1 not far from my" fost) Tiad 
— feurc cows feized with this diftemper i in the fj pace of a fortnight, 
the: rft, an- “old: cow), Was. affected. with ftffnefs-in. her hind . 
parts, 1 her milk failed, her udder was hard and fwelled, her eyes 
heavy, and her feh fuddenly wafted: ^ My tenant requefted’me 
_ to view her, upon an. apprehenfion that the had’ met with fome 
hurt, At this time the diforder wás not much known among 
LI fortunately « a perfon fell in my way who had feen afiblar 
'inftance, and upon relating the cafe; he fuggefted that it was the 
horn diftemper, and i upon examining her horns; one ‘of ‘them, 
_ was found to be cold, and was immediately bored with a gim- 
. blet,. which: paid, through to the oppofite fide without Feit 
ance, and no difcharge { followed ; finding the horn hollow, Í was 
_ led to. think’ that the bones below: were carious, and immedi- 
ately. made a mixture of rum'and honey, with the addition" of 
doma, Bode, of myrrh a and aloes, and. fyringed . the horn; the 
inje&ed liquor. was; foon, dife i urged i at cher nofe, tinged With 
-iod this wan reperted Seven times, daily. and the injected 
1 £53 liquor 
