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very high fever and may not eat at all on account of the excru- 

 ciating pain he has to suffer. We have known several cases to 

 die within one week, from the severe pain of open joint. 



Treatment. In the treatment of open joint our great aim 

 should be to check the flow of joint-water as soon as possible. 

 It is a very serious disease, and the treatment is very difficult and 

 not very successful. Keep the animal as quiet as possible, as the 

 working of the joint irritates the disease and prevents recovery. 

 A stream of cold water should be let run on to the parts for hours 

 at a time. This may be done where the waterworks are conve- 

 nient by fastening the hose to the ceiling over the horse and let 

 the end come down and fasten it to the affected part by bandages. 

 Then turn on a small stream of water and let it run for hours 

 at a time. This is to take out the fever and swelling. Wash the 

 sore as little as possible to keep it clean. Apply some astringent 

 healing wash as our Healing Lotion once or twice a day. A poul- 

 tice of equal parts of wheat flour and oatmeal, to be applied warm 

 two or three times a day, is an excellent remedy, as it has a ten- 

 dency to coagulate the joint-oil and close up the wound; or 

 equal parts of tannic acid, dried alum, and gum arabic, well ap- 

 plied to the parts, and held in place by pledgets of tow or cotton, 

 will be found an excellent application to arrest the flow of sy- 

 novia. With close attention and proper -treatment a few cases 

 will recover, but the majority of cases terminate in stiff-joint or 

 death. If the joint is enlarged after the wound heals, blister it 

 well with our Spavin Cure, which will remove a great deal of 

 the enlnrireiuent and perhaps limber up the joint. 



CURB. 



A <-url) is a small enlargement on the back part of the hind leg, 

 about, five inches below the point of the hock. It is caused from 

 a strain of the calcaneo-cuboid ligament, \\lm-h is a strong liga- 



