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THE VETERINARY ART IN INDIA. 
when they are exerted : muscles may also be strained by over- 
exertion, as running, &c. 
Great circumspection is necessary to ascertain precisely which 
part of the leg has received the injury. I have very frequently 
observed cases which have been treated for strains in the shoulder, 
and other parts, when the lameness positively existed in the foot. 
The place, however, once ascertained, the principal object must 
be to reduce the inflammation. We will suppose the shoulder to 
be affected ; — blood should be taken as soon as possible, and the 
parts affected fomented with mango leaves, in hot water. This 
should be continued for half an hour, twice a-day ; after which, 
the part should be rubbed dry previous to tying it up with a piece 
of flannel. If the inflammation does not yield in a few days, 
I should recommend repeating the bleeding, and fomenting the 
parts with hot vinegar in which has been dissolved some crude 
sal-ammoniac, in about the proportion of a drachm to a pint ; and 
if this does not succeed, the whole shoulder should be blistered, 
the animal put under a course of stimulating medicine, and a 
rowel or seton put under the chest. 
If any other joint is inflamed, it should be treated after the 
same mode. 
Inflammation in the back part of the leg, usually termed the 
back sinews, frequently leaves an accumulation of coagulable 
lymph, which hardens, and incommodes the action of the ani- 
mal ; by which also his paces are insecure, and, on exertion, 
liable to become inflamed. In these cases, I have generally 
found the greatest benefit arising from very strong mercurial 
ointment, rubbed in, twice a-day, until the swelling is absorbed. 
This should be continued for three or four weeks, after which the 
leg may be tied up for a few days with a bandage dipped in arrack 
or brandy. Blisters are frequently employed, and in very slight 
cases, I believe, may be useful. 
Wind-Galls. 
They are situated in small cells (bursae mucosa), which are 
supplied to those muscles and tendons that are subject to great 
action, and are very numerous about the fetlock joint. Their 
property is to secrete or supply a quantity of mucus to lubricate 
the parts, that they may not suffer from their violent friction 
during action. 
If the animal has been exposed to violent or long-continued 
exercise, they inflame, and distend to such a degree as renders 
them visible, and sometimes will occasion a slight lameness, or 
stiff action. 
This complaint can seldom be entirely removed, but is palliated 
by embrocations of brandy, vinegar, or any other astringent. 
