1000000030

ero

e"fily. F<lr the

met~o<l

of d«lling, \Ve mun "fer to

¡h.

pl mJin~

SeOion; ¡nd i( the honls OloulJ Ge fuund

f'lul, Ihcy mull be ordred lVith lin(lurc of

m~lrh

lill lhcy

I,.'/e

off:

the fungus is "ery troublefollle,

~nd

the d,f·

charge oily, ycllow

~nJ

vikid, pledg ts fo,keo in the

Jl\lIowing, ma,le hot, l,ave becn founJ ' ery c:T,(lnal,

batlllng the fwclhng rounJ with {pirit of wlOe and vi·

JIt:!!íH.

'J'AKE

half an ounee of blue vitriol Jiffulved in a pint

(I(

water; vil of turpentine, antl rc{lificd fpirit of

winc, of eaeh four ounees; ",hite·win. viocg:lr,

ro)(

ounm ; oil of vitriol ano .:r.:gyptiacum, of eaeh two

ounces.

Whcn the. eavities are truly finulous, the eallofities

mua he CUt out, "haeit can bedone, with a knife ; amI

thc r\m.inder denroyed by eorrofives,

vi~.

preeipi .

t. tc, burot alum, and \l/hite vitriol, as wc have already

oGfmcd in lhe Se,qion

Vlcers.

!l'p,h/n

are

fOl.dl

hard tumOl;rs under the faddlc.pan

of the horfes back,

occ~rooncd )Jy

the heat of the f.Jdle

in trm lling, or its uncafy Gtu3tion.

hot greafy difh·

dout at 6dl frequcntly applieJ, will fonlctimes remove

Ihem. Camj'hormd (pirits of wine are alfo very cffec.

tu,1for this pu' poft '" di(perfe thcm, to which a I,ttle

fpim of (.1 armuniac may be adJed. The repellers a·

bove·mentioned are (ucee(sfully

~pplied

in thefe ,.fes;

and if you are obliged to work the horfe, take care your

faddle is nieely ehambered.

jirf4}

proeeeus genmlly from a warble, and is

Ihe horfc's hide turned

horny,

which, i( it cannot bedie·

folved and fo(tened by rubbing with the macu rial oint·

mont, mua be cut out, anJ treated theo

a frenl wound.

WINO 'C ALLS , BLOO O

and

Boc SPAVINS.

Wt NO'C ALL is a natu lent f"'elling, whirh yielus

the preffure of the finger,

an~

reCOI'e1S its

n'~pe

Ihe removal thereof: the tumo\\/" is "iGble tO Ihe eye,

and often fcated on both fides or the back Gnew, above

.the fetlocks, on the fore legs, but mofl frequently

the

Jlind.legs; though they are met witlt in "arious pRrtS

.he bo<ly, whcrc·ever mcmbranes (dn be fa (eparated, that

a qt'3mity of .ir anJ féroGties may be included withio

Iheir duplieatures.

When they appear near the joints and tendons, they

~re

gene,.l1y caufeu by IIrains, or bruifes on the Gnews,

.(Ir the nteath that COver! thom; whiel\, by being overo

.ftretcheJ, have fome of thei r 6bres ruptured; whrnce

~rob.bly

may OUle out \hat flu id ",hich il cOllllllonly

faund wilh the incJuded .i r : though where thefe fll'ellings

/he.., themfdves in the imcrftiees of

lar~e

mufcb, IVllleh

appear blo"'n up

J.ke

bl.uders, air :done is the cbid

fluid; anu thefe may fafdy be opened, .nd treatcd as a

common wound.

Qo thefirfl appearanrc of wind ga lls, their cure nlOul.!

be attempled by rdI. ingents and b.lldlne; lor wll/eh

purpof,·, let the fweUing Le b.,heu t\Vice a

·tI.ly

with

"~egar,

Or I'erjuiec :tlone; or let the pm he fOlnentcd

Wt~h

~ceo(l ion

of o k·ha,k, pGm

,w.ln

'le, antl alum

,LfIIled In v"juiee, h\Odin¡: O"cr it, WII\¡.I roller, a II'flolkn

da\h

f~:lked

io the f.lme. Sume, f"r thts purl,ofl', ufe

r..

rcd·\~iIlC k('~, OI!l~IS

Clll lic ls C!1.l\ ings

wd!~J

'.\';,11

I!l('

f:lll1e, or

vin:g.lf,

hrJ~;ac

tloe rJ rt up II'Hh a

Órr.l

t,n.

dalle.

lf this method, arter a

prop~r

t.íal, r"Otl!J not be

found to fuceecu, autfwrs

~dvifC\1

the fwd:ing to be

pitlC".! with an 311'1,

01"

oplned with a koi(e: but milJ

hliftering has in general the preferenee givcn to Ihefe me·

thoos; the incluoing Ouids bcing thmby drawn

ofl",

the impalleJ air difl'<r(éd, anJ Ih" tumour gradu.lly di .

miniOted.

hl..d.f¡-avi"

is a fwell ing aod di latation of thc vein

that runs along the inliJe o( the hoek, forming a littlc

fo(t fwdling in the hollow pan, and is often attended

with a weakncfs anJ l'OIenef, of the hock.

The cure OIOIIIJ be

r.ra

anemp:cd with the renringents

and bandagc

ab()~e

recommeoded, which wilI contriGu re

grcatly tO IIreogthLn all weakneffes o( the joint', and

frequently will remov, this dlforder, if e, rly applisd:

but if hy thcfe means the vein ís not reduced

its ufua l

dlmenGons, the O,in fhQlJd be opeoed, and ,he vein tiee!

with a erooke" ncedle and wax·thread paff,d underneath

it. both abol'e ano bclow the fwelling. and the turgid

part fu ffaed tO ellgeft away with the Ilg3tures: for this

purpofe, the IVound may be daily

dreff~d

with turpentine,

honey, and fpirit of IVine, iocorporatcd together.

bagJpavir.

is an eocyftcd tu rnOtlr on the

inr.de

the

hough; or, according to Dr Bracken, a

c~lletlion

oí

brownifh gclatioous maner, contained in a bag, or eyft,

wbich be thinks to be the lubrieating matter of the joint

altered, the comman membrane that inclofes it forming

the eyft. This cafe he has taken the pains to illuOr:ue in

a young colt of his own, where he fays, When the fpa·

vin was preffed hard on the

in6d~

the hough, there was a

fm~1I

tumour on the outóde, whieh convinced him the

fleid IVas \\ ithin·Gde the joint : he accordingly CUt into it,

difcharged a large qU3nti tyof this gelatinous matter,dref–

(ed the fore with oollils dipped in oil or turpentine, pu:–

ting tnto it, once In three or (our days, a powder OIdde

of r.Jcined vitrio!. alum, and bole: by thls method of

elrefling. the bag Ilongheo off, and came away, and tbe

cure was fuecc(sftllly com?lwed wi thout any vi roble fear.

This diforeler, aceordlog

the hove defcriptioo, \Vill

fcarcely (ubmit to .ny other method, exeept firing , ",hen

the eyft onght to bc penetrmu tOm"ke it

effe,~ual:

but

in 311 obllinm c,fes that have retincd the above methods,

bot h the cure of ,his and o( the fll'ellings called " inJ·galls

fhould be attempreo in this mannt'. lf, lhrough the

?-lin

attenelin~ th~

opewion or dlclfing',

lilC

joint IhoulJ

fwcll and inll.lll1e, foment It twi.e a·da,·,

3D;!

arrly a

poultice om Ihe drellings till it is

rtOu~cd.

;lLILLHDH~

,mi

SALLENOERS.

AL L FN

are

craek~

t~e

ben'! of the herfe's

knee, th.1I dtfdlJlge a O",p

In~l~elld

mAller : th"v.,.

of,cn the oc

."i~n

o,' IJmene/s, fliff.llfs, ar.J lh" herf:';

HlIllblil1g.

S,'¡/r",J,'fj

are the

(,OIC

ciil~cmrer,

6:uJte rn

t~e

ben,!·

inr. f thc h0Ugh, ' 0,1oe<,aliJo

'OIa.rf

bd:i;¡J.

The)'.re

10111

eer,·" h)" 1I .,¡Ii,ng the I'Jrts \\ n:l.1Iltl:c,

of f".lp

II.\fOl.J,

cr 01.1

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". h,~ ; ~n,1

t!l n lrrl) ".

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