96 ON LAMENESS. 



BLOOD SPAVIN. 



The disease so called is simply a relaxation 

 of the vein running over the front of the hough. 

 Vide pi. S, Jig. 6, LG. 



It very rarely occur?, and never produces 

 lameness ; but it is commonly mistaken for 

 another complaint, denominated the 



BOG SPAVIN, 



Which consists of an inflammation and dis- 

 tension of the bursa mucosa, or the part sur- 

 rounding the ligament of the hough. This en- 

 largement occasions a protrusion of the vein 

 which lies immediately upon it, and hence the 

 disease has been erroneously supposed to occu- 

 py the vein. 



Repeated blisters arc here also necessary. 



THE 



