ANCIENT VETERINARY PRACTICE. 839 
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perfectness of his feet, and you shall find your horse as sound 
as ever he was.^^ 
Again, if you take the horse in hand (the shoes are not 
to he removed) to cure Avithin tAventy-four hours after he is 
foundered, he Avill be sound again Avithin tAventy-four hours 
after; so if he go longer, the cure Avill be longer in doing.^’ 
It will be seen, on reading the above extract, that “riding” 
is the chief cure of acute founder. 
Wrench of the Shoulder. —“Make him (the horse) draw a 
ploAv every day, tAvo or three hours at the least, to settle his 
joints, for the space of three weeks or a month, and if any¬ 
thing will help, these tAvo last remedies will set him 
sound.” 
Of the Shoulder-pight {Dislocation). —Having directed 
the horse to be cast, he says, “Loose the pastern of the sound 
leg and Avith a cord, before you let him rise, tie the same leg 
to the foot of the manger, so short as in his rising he shall 
be forced to hold his leg before him, for fear of putting his 
shoulder out of joint, and then let him stand so tied for the 
space of three days ; and presently, when he is up, burn all 
the point of the shoulder Avith a hot iron, drawing it checquer- 
wise a iuWfoot square at the least.” 
Swelling of the fore legs after great labour. —“ Take up 
the great vein above the knee on the inside.and it 
Avill take aAvay the SAvelling.” 
To preserve hoofs. —“ If a horse stand upon his own dung 
(being very Avell Avatred), so he do not lie upon it, it is most 
soveraign for the preservation of hoofs.” 
Hoio to mahe a horse that tires or is restiff to go forwards. 
— “ Make a running snickle of a good stout cord, and put it 
about his cods and stones, in such sort that it may not slip; 
then you shall draw the rest of the cord between the horse’s 
fore-legs, be sure to hold the end of the cord in your hand as 
you sit in the saddle, then ride the horse forward, and Avhen 
he beginneth to grow restiff or to stand still, then pluck the 
cord and cramp him by the stones, and you shall see imme¬ 
diately he Avill go forward.” 
There is but one more extract I will trouble your readers 
Avith upon this occasion. 
How to prevent a Horse from stumbling. —“ With a lancet 
or a sharp penknife slit the skin from his nose to the upper 
lip, that is, downright, just between his nostrils, about tAvo 
inches, which Avhen you have done, part it as wide as you 
can, and under it you will find a red film, or second skin; 
that likewise cut and part, beneath which you may discern 
a flat, smooth, Avhite sinew, the which take up with your 
