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Treatment. If taken when the swelling first comes on, bathe 

 it well with hot water three times a day and apply our Liniment 

 after each time of bathing. Remove the shoe and keep the press- 

 ure off the parts, and the swelling will soon disappear. It may 

 be well to not let the horse lay down for several nights dur- 

 ing treatment. Sometimes a quantity of fluid forms in the swell- 

 ing, which will have to be let out by lancing the place. After 

 lancing, syringe out the cavity every day with a weak solution 

 of carbolic acid until healed. The swelling sometimes will de- 

 velop into a fibrous tumor, and may get to be very large. In such 

 cases the only treatment is to dissect the tumor out, and let the 

 place heal up as an ordinary sore. Before the tumor gets too 

 large it may be removed by blistering well with our Spavin Cure. 

 A seaton put through the tumor may drain it out. A circular 

 padded leather boot can be buckled around the horse's foot just 

 below the ankle to keep the shoe pressing on the elbow while 

 the animal is lying down. This boot will prevent the tumor 

 from forming a^ain. 



KNUCKLING, OE COCKED ANKLES. 



Knuckling is an unnatural position of the fetlock joint, 

 which is more or less bent, causing a prominent enlargement on 

 the front part of the joint. While knuckling is not always an 

 unsoundness, it nevertheless predisposes to stumbling and to 

 fracture of the pastern. 



Causes. It is a condition often seen in young foals, due, no 

 doubt, to a bent condition of the limbs before birth, and as a 

 general thing soon disappears. Horses with' straight pasterns 

 are very apt to knuckle as they grow old, especially in the hind 

 legs. All kinds of heavy work, especially in hilly districts, se- 

 vere pulling, and fast work on race tracks are exciting causes of 

 knuckling. It may occur as a result of irregular exercise, sprain 



