FARMERY.

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daily wiu'ii there is want of due exercise, and a proper muscularcompression on the vessels; in short, they represent, that theblood in such cases cannot so readily ascend as descend, or agreater quantity is brought by the arteries than can be returned bythe veins. The grease then, considered in this light, must betreated as a local complaint, where the parts affected are aloneconcerned, and the constitution actually takes no part; or as adisorder where they are both complicated; but when it is an at-tendant on some other distemper, as the farcy, jaundice, dropsv,&c. such diseases must fust be cured before the grease can be re-moved. In the former case, moderate exercise, proper dressing,cleanliness, and external applications, will answer the purpose: inthe latter, internal medicines must be employed, ’Alien a horse’sheels are first observed to swell in the stable, and subside or godown on exercise, let care be taken to wash them very clean everytime he comes in, with soap suds, chamberley, or vinegar antiwater; which, with proper rubbing, will frequently prevent or re-move this complaint: or let them be well bathed twice a-day withold verjuice, or the vegeto-mineral water, which will brace up therelaxed vessels; and if rags dipped in the same are rolled on, w itha proper bandage, for a few clay s, it is most likely the swellingswill soon be removed by this method only, as the bandage w illsupport the vessels till they have recovered their tone. To an-swer this end also, a laced stocking made of strong canvas or coarsedoth, neatly fitted to the part, would be found of great use. liutif cracks or scratches are ob-erved, which ooze and run, let thehair be clipped away, to prevent a lodgement which may becomeoffensive, and to give room for washing out dirt or gravel, which,if suffered to remain, would greatly aggravate the disorder. Whenthis is the case, or the heels are full of hard scabs, it is necessaryto begin the cure with poultices, made either ot boiled turnips,with a handful of linseed powdered; or oat-meal and rye-flour,with a little common turpentine, boiled up with strong beergrounds, or red wine lees. The digestive ointment being appliedto the sores for two or three days, w ith either of these poulticesover it, will bv softening them promote a discharge, unload thevessels, and talte down the swelling; when they may be dressedwith the ointments recommended for the mallenders; particularlywith the first of them. In obstinate cases, if the horse be full andfleshy, the cure must be begun by bleeding, rowelling, and purg-ing ; after which diuretics are frequently given with success. Thelogs should also be fomented twice a-day with the discutient fo-mentation, No. 58 , in w hich a handful of wood ashes has beenboiled. If the sores be very foul, they must be anuinted withequal parts of oil of turpentine, tincture of myrrh, ami .Egyptia-cmn ; or two parts of burnt alum, and one of red precipitate rub-bed to a line powder and sprinkled over them previous to tiledressing.

Of Hvf'TUR fs, and Colt Evil, or Gonorrhoea.

I. Though ruptures are generally divided into particular classes,w e shall only observe, that by violent efforts of the horse, or otheraccidents, the intestine or omentum, or a portion of each, may beforced between the muscles of the belly at the navel, or throughthe rings of the muscles into the scrotum. These swellings arcgenerally about llie size of a man’s fist, sometimes much larger,descending to the very hock; they arc frequently soft, and yieldto the pressure of the hand, when they will return into the cavityof the belly with a rumbling noise: and, in most, the aperture maybe felt through which they passed. Every method should be triedon their first appearance, to return (hem by the hand ; but if theswelling should be hard and painful, in order to relieve the stric-ture, and relax the parts through w hich the gut or caul lias passed,let a large quantity of blood be immediately taken away, and thepart fomented twice or thrice a-day, applying over it a poultice of< at-meal and vinegar, which should be continued till the inflam-mation subsides, and the gut can be returned. In the mean time,throw up emollient oily clysters twice a-day, and let the horse’schief diet be boiled barley, with scalded malt, or brail. Shouldthe swelling afterwards return, the rcstringent applications, usuallyrecommended on these occasions, will avail nothing without a sus-pensorv bandage ; so that an ingenious mechanic in that art ischiefly" to be relied on for any farther assistance. It has neverthe-less b.-en observed, that with moderate feeding, and gentle exer-tise, some horses have continued to be very useful under this com-plaint.

II. 1 lie Colt Evil i? supposed to arise from stoned colts at-tempting to copulate with mares before they are able: whencefrequently ensues an excoriation or trotting on the glands, and 3swelling on the sheath. This last disorder Ireqiu ntly proceeds toofrom dirt or filth lodging there, and is olten removed by washingthe part clean w : th butter and beer: but when the yard itself i3swelled, foment it twice a-day with a decoction of marshmallows.Dre-s the excoriation with simple ointment, or wash it with asponge dipped in lime water, to a pint of which may be added twoJraciims of sugar of lead. The penis should be tied up to thebelly; and if the swelling should increase with the inflammation,bleed, give some cooling phvsic, and apply a poultice of breadand linseed meal made with Goulard’s water, No. 35. If a sim-ple gonorrheas, or seminal gleet, flows from the yaid, (which isoften the case in high fed young horses, where relaxation has beenbrought on by frequent emissions,) let the horse be plunged everyday into a river or pond ; give him two or three doses o. rhubarb,at proper intervals ; and afterwards some balls prepared with rhu-barb and turpentine; two drachms of the former to half an ounce!of the latter. They should be given every night till the complaintgoes off.

Of Wounds in the Feet .

Wounds in the feet happen frequently ; and we bray add chieflyfrom inattention or neglect; and troin injudicious tivxtment, theyoften become serious. The mast approved and rational methodof treating recent wounds is, to endeavour to bring them to a sup-puration, or discharge of laudable Dialler; for which purpose,nniltices are most eligible, as they may be easily made more oress of a digestive quality, by melting and mixing any proper di-gestive ointment, with the poultice whilst warm. Many peopleare indeed prejudiced against the use of poultices, from a notion,that they (as the phrase is) draw humours to the wounded part;but the absurdity of this way of reasoning will be evident to thosewho are in the least acquainted with the healing art. Poulticesmay be continued till the wound appears to be well digested, by akindly suppuration of white well concocted matter, and lookssmooth and equal, free from cavities or excrescences of proudflesh; in tint case, the use of poultices may be left ofi, and thesurface of the wound may be sprinkled over with a mild escharo-tii, prepared by mixing one ounce of Armenian bole, wiih threeounces of quick-lime, that has fallen to powder by exposure to theair, and then passing them together through a line sieve. Afterthe wound Is sprinkled with tiiis powder, a pledget of dry lintmay be fixed gently over it; and when the surface of the woundis nearly equal with the skin, the powder will be sufficient, with-out any cloth or covering. There is a species ot w ounds to whichthe feet are much exposed, called punctures, on account of theirsmall orifice, as the parts immediately alter the wound is inflictedreadily close up, whereby it becomes difficult to know the depthof the wound. They are generally occasioned by treading uponsharp stones or bones, broken glass, nails, &c. and likewise bynails in shoeing; any of which perforating the sole or frog, maywound the internal parts of the foot. Those from their situationand confinement within the hoof, are attended with the most vio-lent pain and inflammation, which are frequently increased by theinjudicious method generally ohsei veil in treating these woundswhen tirsl inflicted; viz. by pouring hot corrosive oils into the re-cent wound, to deaden it (as the phrase is,) which is productive ofthe worst of consequences. Punctures from nails in shoeing, arecommonly said to proceed from ignorance or blundering. Thismay frequently be the case; but, at the same time, it is ail acci-dent that may, and indeed does, happen to the most expert artist;and it is surprising, considering the narrow space there is in somehoofs for driving nails, that it does not happen oftener. W hendiscovered in time, it is easily cured, by opening a passage for thematter downwards, and dressing it with any digestive ointment orpoultice, and keeping the foot moist, by applying an emollientpoultice all round the hoof. But w hen it is overlooked, or a frag-ment of the nail remains in the wound, the inflammation increas-ing, it at last suppurates. '1 he matter ai'cumulating, and notfinding a passage downwards, from the natural formation of thehoof, it moves upwards to the coronet or lop of the hoof, andforms a round tumour, which afterwards breaks out, and degene-rates into a most malignant ulcer, commonly termed a (piittor.This tumour is usually attended with great pain and inflammation,