SIMPLE AILMENTS 319 



a horse may do its work perfectly well, if they do not 

 interfere with the free motion of the pastern joint. They 

 should be well blistered with the following : — 



Cantharides Pulvis 



Adeps 



Oleum Terebinth 



No. 1. 



No 2. 



Hydrargyri lodidum Rubrum... 



Adeps 



The two ointments to be made separately, the first (No. 1) 

 being made in a water bath. The Oleum Terebinth being 

 put in when cooling. When made the two are to be mixed 

 together on a slab. After the traces have all peeled off 



apply- 

 Soft Soap (B.P. formula) ... ... ... ... ^ oz. 



Spirit of Wine 2 „ 



Tinct. Iodine ... ... ... ... ... 1 ,, 



Water 8 ., 



to be rubbed in on alternate days. 



Splints. 



These are of the same nature as the foregoing, an 

 exostosis, or deposition of bony matter on the shank-bone, 

 and painful, when growing, through the stretching of the 

 periosteum, the membrane covering all bone, which is 

 inelastic. Unless they interfere with the knee-joint, or are 

 situated immediately beneath the tendon of the leg, sooner 

 or later Nature will accommodate herself to their presence, 

 and the lameness, which is sometimes severe at first, will 

 eventually disappear. They should be treated in the same 

 manner as ring-bone, being first blistered, and afterwards 

 have Iodine applied for a lengthened period ; it will be found 

 that in three or four days after the application of Iodine the 

 scarf skin will begin to rise, when the treatment should be 



