1000000030

to rhe groIVrh of the

Cp~l'in,

aod is 'pr ro leave hoth 'a

blcmilh

'00

ilitToefs behion; befides rhe great

nlk

run

:(by applieatioO! of theCe fieryand caunie m.dieines ro the

nervons and tendinous part9 about Ihe joints) of exeiting

" iokm

p~in

and anguilh, aod def!roying the limb.

The be(l and fafe(l way therefore, is to make trial of

1he blifiering oinrment above, 2nd to eontinue it aceor–

ding

rhe direérions tllere

I.id

nOIVn, fo r fome monrhs,

if fonnd neeeffaey; the horfes in the interv,ls working

moderately: Ihe hardoefs will thus be dlffolved by de–

grm, and IVear away inCenfibly.

\Vhere the fpavin lies deep, and rnos fo far into lhe

hollow of the joiot, Ihat 00 applicarioo can reach il, nei–

Iher fi riog nor medicioes can avail, for rhe reafons above–

",enrioned : though bold ignorant fellows have fomerimes

fucceeded in caCes of this fOr! (bymenof judgment deem–

ed incurable) by the applieation of eau(lie oimmenrs IVith

{ublimate, whleh a/I very fo reibly, enter deep, and make

large difcharge, 2nd by that means de(lroy a great par!

of the fubnanee, aoddiffolve away the ,emainder : Tho',

whoever is ar all aequai nred \Vith the oature of rhefe

medicines, mu(l know holV dangerous in geoeral rheir

opuation is on rhefe oceafions: and thar a proper pre–

pmd eaulery m,de like a Aeam, under lhe di reétion of

Ikilfu l hand, may be applied wirh lefs danger of inju–

,ing eirher rendons or ligamenrs. Afrer the fub(lanee of

Ihe fwelling has beeo p,operly peoerrared by the in(lru–

meot, it mufi be kept ruooiog bythe preeipitate medieioe,

or mild blifleriog oiotmeot. Where rhe fpavin lies 001

deep io Ihe joior, aod the blifie ring merhod will not fue·

eeed, the fweHing may be fafely fired with a thin iron

foreed pretty deep into the fub(lanee, aod thea lhoulJ be

dreffed, as is above dire{led.

Of a

Co n

and

R' NG·BONE.

As a fpavin rifes among the bones on the fore-part of

Ihe hoek,fo aeurbtakes itsorigio fromthe jua{lures of rhe

fame booes, and rifes 00 the hiod-pan, forming a preuy

Iarge tumour over Ihebaek par! of the hind-Ieg, a!tended

with mffnefs, aod fometimes with pain aod lameoefs.

curo

p,oeeeds from the fame eaufes that produce

fpavios;

viz.

hard ridiog, (lrains, blows, or kieks . The

cure at fir(l is geoerallyeafyeoough effe{led by bli(leriog,

,epeated IWO or three times, or ofteoer. If it does 001

fubmit 10 this rreatmeot, but grows exeelTll'ely hard, the

quieken aod rurefi way is to fire with a thin iroo, ma–

king2 lioe down the middle from 10p to bonom, 20d

drawiog feveral lioes io a peooiform manner pretty deep;

20d rheo to ' pply a miId bli(lering plaifier or ointment o–

ver it.-This metilod will eotirely remrove il.

There is aoorher fwelliog rakeo ootiee of on the out–

fide of Ihe hoek, \Vhieh is ealled a

l.rdon.

T his eom·

mooly p,oeeeds from blows aod kicks of other horfes;

but f,equeotly happeos to meoaged horfes, by feniog

them 00thti, hauoches: it is fddomattended \Vllh mueh

lamenefs, unlefs it has beeo negle{led, or fome linle pro–

cefs of Ihe bone be broke.

Ihould fir(l be rreared

with rhe coolers and reptllers in (p. 574 ,nd 515');

bur if any fwdling eonrinuts hard, and ioreofible, rhe

ben

way is ro blifler or 6re; but the miId blinc,s alone

gcncrally fuec<td.

VOL.

11. No.

50.

573

Tite

rin~-bon,

is a hlrd flVelling 00 the lower part

or the pa(lern, IVhieh

n~r"ly

re.Lhes half-way round

the fore-pan thereof, aod f,om

liS

rcfemblaoee lOa ring

has its denomination. Ir ofr n arifes from fI,.ios,

&c.

aod wheobehiod, from puuiog young horfes tOOearly upoo

their haunehes; for io th" mitude

horfe throws hit

\Vhole weight

mueh, if hOt more, upon his pafieros,

thao 00 hi¡ hoeks.

Wheo it appears dinioélly rouod the panero, 2nd does

oot ruo dowowards loward the eoroner, fo

ro arrea

the eollio-joiot, it is eafily eured; but if it takes its o–

rigio from fome firaio or defe{l io the joiot originally, or

eallor.ry

is found uoder the rouod ligamen! rhat eo–

ven that joint, rhe cure is generally dubious, aod fome –

rimes impra{lieable; as it is 3pt ro turo 10 a quinor,

aod io the eod to'form ao ulcer upoo the hoof.

The riog-bones rbat appear 00 eolts aod young ho,fes ,

will often iofeofibly IVeaT olf of themfelves, without the

help of aoy appliearion; but IVheo the fubllaoee

~emaio! ,

there oeed! no other remedy befides blifieriog, unlefs

\Vheo by loog eootiouance it is growo to ao obllioate

hardoefs, aod theo it may

re~uire

borh blifleriog aod

firing.

1'0 fire a ring.bone fueeersru lly, let Ihe operarion be

performed wilh a rhinoer ionrumeot than Ihe eommoo

ooe, and ler the lioeso,

razes

made not above a quarter

of an ineh di(lant, erofftng rhemobliquely, fomewhat like

a ehaio: apply a mild bli(ler over all, and, wheo quite

dried up. the rupture-plailler; aod tbeo turo the borfe

tO grafs for fome time.

Oj S PLtN TS.

TH Es e are hard exerefcenees that grow 00 the Ihaok–

bone, and are of various ntapes aod

fizes.

Sorne horfes

are more fubje{l to fpleors thao othelS; but young hor–

fes are mo(lliable

thefe infirmities, \Vhieh ofreo \Veu

otT and difappear of themfelves. Few horfes plll OUI

fpleors after they are feveo or eighl years old, unlef! Ihey

meet with blow! or aeeideots.

A fpleot that arifes io the middle of the fhaok-bone js

noways daogerou¡ ; but thofe that "ife on Ihe baek parl

of this booe, when they grow I"ge aod prefs agaior! the

baek fioew, allOays eaufe lameoefs or fiiffoefs, by rllb–

biog agaion it : rhe othm, exeept they are filu ated oear

the joiots, feldomoeeafion lamenefs.

As to the cure of fplenrs, the be(l way js nOI to meddle

IVith them, uolefs they are fo large as todishgure ahorfe,

or are fo firuared as tOendanger his goiog lame.

Splents io Iheir infaney, aod 00 their firfi appearaoce,

fhould be lVell barhed -with vioegar, or old verjuiee ;

whieh, by nrengrheoiog the fi ores, ofteo put a nop to

thei, growrh: fM the membraoe eoveriog the bone, aod

nor the bone itfelf, is here thiekened : and io fome eoo–

niturions purging, and . ftenvart!s diurerie dI inks, will be

a grear meaos

remove rhe humidiry "nd moifl ure about

the limbs, whieh is what ofteo gives rife to fueh

excrer~

cenees.

Variolls are the remedies p,efcribed for rhis cliforder;

Ihe lIrual way is ro rub the fpleot IVith a rOllod Ilick or

the h'",IIe of a hammer, rill it is ,Imoa r3\V, anel Ihen

toneh it with oil of origJnllnl. OtbCll I,y

011

a pileh-

plJifier,