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m.I.le

too hot o fi rn

r~rpir.?

I'cry thin and ",ide from both

f" b

vf Ihe clc(t: Ihe hl" lc mol! not c,lrry an)'

wci~ht

for

¡omc time, but be lO,ncJ oot to grals, or wlntcrcJ in a

goud f:trn , yard .

quinor is an oleer formed betlVeen the hair and

hoof, ur"ally ti:, inlide quaner of

hUlf~'s

foot; it a–

rifl's often from tread, and bruifes, "'metimes froltl

gr"'el, whieh, by 1V0rking its lVay op"·.rds, lodgcs

!I–

bout the coronet: Ir it is only roperlim l, it m,y be cured

",ith c1eanfing d'duugs, b:tlhing thc coronet every d,y

\Vith Ipirit

w:ne, and drdling the fOle with the preci–

pinte

rmdicine.

Hut if thc mauer forms itfdf a loopment under the

hoof, there is no way then

come at tl;e olcer, but hy

taking off pan of the hoof ; and if this be cone artfully

and IVell, the cure may be affcéled without danger.

When thc "';¡(ter happens to be 10J;¡eJ near the quar–

ter, the farrier is [omctimcs obligcd to take off the quar–

ter of tI:e hcol, :md the cure is then, for the mon parr,

but p,llliati" e; for when the qumer groll'S up, it le,ves

a prel!y large f" m, IVili,h w<akcns the f10t ; this is

what is eall,d a f.,lf, qoarter, and a horfe with this de–

feél fe:domgm quite lot:nd.

If the m,:tter, by its confinement, has rolted the eof–

~n-bone,

whieh i, of fo foft anJ fpoog)' a n>ture. that

it foon bceomes fo, you mu,e

enl~rge

,he openingo cot a–

\Val' the romn OeOI, and .pply the aélual cau tery, or hot

iroo pointed pyra:nidieall, o

""d

drefs the bone with dof–

fils of linto dipped in tinélore of myrrho ane! the woond

\Vith the

gre~n

or precipitate nintllleot, \Vhen the fo,e

nOI

enlarged by the knife, which is the bello and lefs

painfol method o pieees of fub¡;nlale are generally applied o

whieh bring oot \\'ith themcores, or lumps of o,nl ; blue

vitr!ol po\\'dmd, anJ mixed with a few drops of the oil,

is ored,Ifo for this purpufe, and is faid to aél asefFeélually,

aod IVith I, fspain anu Janger; e!oring ,heoperation oftileJe

medieines_ the foot Oloule! be kept in fOOle foft p01dtiee,

and me Ihoulr! be t, ken, donng the whe:e drelling o tO

pment proud

flclh

ri(¡ng. whieh otherwile will not onl.

rmrd the cure, but pre>eot • lirm and

fo~nd

he.ling.

o¡

WOUNDS

,he

F EET,

¡,om

NA ILS, GRAVEL,

&c.

ACClDENTS

of this Con are very eOntOlon_ .nd fome–

limes fer

w.at

of e,tly e,¡re. prol'e of bad eonfeGllence ;

f'or the pms, heing natur,oIly tender, are very fu{c.ptible

of infi,mmation; and when mmer is

or.ee

Curmed, if a

free

diCcharg~

is nUI proeurcd, the boneo whieh is Cpon–

gy, rooo Leeomes aff',éled, and the whole fuot is then in

dang',¡,

When any extraneous bodico, fueh as oails, nuu"

lhoroso

6c.

have paffcd into the horCe's COOl, you OlOlllr!

ende,vc"r tO

~ct

thlm ullt as foon as pollible; and afler

walhing the p. n lI'ith nil of t"rpentine, drcfs the 1\I;le

with I,nt d'poee! io

tlH'

f"me o melted down wi,:' a liule

lar; ,he C"Ot m,IYbt n"l'pUlllP \Vith bran and hor,s-lu J

hcated

to~lthcro

or put it into the turnip. ur any foft

poultiee; this method is

~cnerally

fuecdsllllo when tIre

nail,

ÓC,

i, entir"'v rllnol'ed; bo, if aoy pi!'reoor par–

tid,o n"luld rl main "thlud, whieh may he fll fl'llled by

the

d'lrc~

of pain, and d¡J-,ltarge of mattcr

after par-

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ing away the role as thin

pc,ffible, introeluee a bit of

fl'(Jnb~

tent, in orda

enl.lrtc tl, e holl o ¡hat it

Ill'Y

d"" 'n uut by a fmd l pa,r uf lurcepso or b, ounln away

b), d'gcllion: if this m"h"e! OlOold n0t (ueeeerlo bot

tI,e

lal1le,neC~

eontinues, with

r.il

~Jmge

a thi" blouJ)'o

or Ilt:lk1n,g mat:cr, ):ou mdf r.o longa dchy openinr, tJ.e

wound l'I:th a

draw,ng-~nife

tO Ihe [¡uttom, 1-nd then

drc_rs as ,bol'e dircél.d, or with the turpemine

dir,~nil'e,

d,v,tI,d wllh the yolk of an egg o and a liule tinéiure of

myrrh; aftcrwards with the prceipitate medicine.

the

l;(men~Cs

prcceeds from pricking in f:loeing, the

foot n\Cllld be parea tbn on the wound fideo aroe! aCter

drelling IVi,h the

ldr

and turpentine o let it be Hopped with

the pOllltices abol'e mentioned, or \Vi,1¡ t\Vo ounees of

eomn,on turpe,aine, melted down \Vith foor of lud -

fl lo1uld this method not foeeeed, foll ow the

aboY~

diree:

tiOF.S.

dlC

n,il penetrates to the joint of the foot , where

nmtcr may be formed. al\ll by its long eontinu, nee

potrify, fo as tO erode the clrtihges of the joint, the

cafe is ineurable_

If the nail has paffed up to the

nut-boo~o

it isincurable,

(¡ecaufe this IlIde bone cannot exfoli.lle, .nd becaufe the

canilaginous pan of it is ddrroyed o as ioon as injurcd.

If the nailhas not p.ffed

the tendon. the horre wilJ

do weJl, without a nccellity Cor Jrawing the fule; but if

the tendon is wounded, the Cole mun be earefoJly drawn,

beeaui,

linol·i, 2nd gleet is difeharged.

When

gr.vd

is the eaure o it for the mon pan folJows

the n,il-holes, and if it

gets

to the quiek cánnol return,

unlefs it is fmped Out; for the make of the hoof o whieh

is fpiral like an ear of eorn, fal'ours its afecnt, fo thac

the gravel continue. working opwards lowards the coro–

net, and forms what the farriers

« JI

a quittor,bone.

The n' ture of this diforder points out the method of

cure, whieh is tobe as expeditiocs and careful as pollible,

in gclting OUt the gravel; if it is found dillieuh to ciTea

this, let the fo!e cr hoof be pared thin, and, if necelfary,

the wound enl,,?,ed to the boltom o and then dreffcd up

as ufual. ShoulJ the colfin-bone be afFeaed o )'OU mun

follow the direétions I,id down in the preeeding fcélion,

remembering allVays

bathe Ihe hoof wi,h "inegar, or

repelle,s, in order tO alhy the hcat and inn.,mmationo

whieh oCter. happen on fueh oeeafions; and nlOuld the

pain and 2ngniilt' atIcél the legs, trcat them in the fame

manner o or

eh3'~e

the leg anJ panern \Viti! a mixture of

\Vine-Iecs and I'inegar.

PIU'

are fpongy fwdlings on the boltom of horres feeto

gene~.lIy

on the I,des of the frunl. Thefo, Or aay other

kine! of exeref,enrcs o f!!eh as wam, corns, grapes,

r'::c.

are beU removed

the knife; and if any pan of them

be left

b,~ind,

or OlOuld Ihoot up ar"nl, toue!1thelllll'i,"

lhe caufiie oor oil of vitriol o""d drefs with ,r."i'pti:¡cum •

tOwhich mal' be adJed, when thty a:c veryOrebclliolls:

a fmall qu,lrotity of fu bliOlate; when ,he roots

aré

quite

ddlroycd , yOll r.ldy inearn lI'i ,h the preeipitate la,dieines,

ami e!ry up the fo,e with the fullulI ing II'AIh .

uf IVhite vitriol o alum o an.1

g.If,

in po\Vder. r

e.eh

t\VO ouners ; diffulve them by boiling a link

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I\VO qll.uts ,of lione water, .nd kccp in a botd. for

ufe, whieh {hodJ be lhóok wh..n uCcd.