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knuckle at the ankle in starting off, which may lead you to think 

 the trouble is in the ankle and not in the hock. 



Treatment. Tlu'iv is no medicine better than Dr. LeGear's 

 Spavin Cure in the treatment of spavin. If it used soon 

 enough, before the disease gets too old, and used according 

 to directions, it will cure every time. Rest is very necessary in 

 treating spavin. The animal should be kept quiet and not worked 

 for four or six weeks, as every step the animal takes works the 

 joint, irritates the disease, and prevents the medicine making a 

 cure. What we mean by a cure in spavin is to stop the lameness 

 and put the animal in a condition so he can do his usual work. 

 After the lump has been on the horse for several months there is 

 no medicine that will remove it. In old chronic cases there is no 

 medicine that will cure them, and the treatment we would rec- 

 ommend is the operation of firing. (See Fig. 26.) This is an 

 operation which requires practice and skill to perform, and 

 when properly done is the most successful treatment in old 

 chronic cases of spavin. After this operation it is very necessary 

 that a good penetrating blister be applied, and there is none bet- 

 ter than Dr. LeGear's Spavin Cure. 



Fig. 26. Pointed Firing Iron, for pin-firing. 



Fig. 27. Firing Iron, for feather- firing. 



