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our Spavin Cure, applied as directed. The animal may be given 

 a run at pasture for two or three months. It is surprising how 

 this injury will in sonic cases recover and the animal be useful 

 for slow work for years. 



SWEENY. 



This, properly speaking, is Shoulder-slip, but in this article 

 we have used the name in common use. It is atrophy (wasting 

 away) of the muscles of the shoulder. 



Causes. Sweeny is a condition frequently met with, as it may 

 be caused in a variety of ways. It is more commonly seen in 

 young horses that are put to heavy work when the muscles are 

 soft. Plowing is a common cause, where the animal walks with 

 one foot in the furrow and one foot out. Sudden jerks, such as 

 might be caused by a plow striking a root or a rock, or suddenly 

 starting a heavy load, a badly fitting collar, jolts or jars, bruises, 

 or any injury to the shoulder, etc., all tend to produce the condi- 

 tion known as sweeny. Long standing cases of lameness cause 

 sweeny by the disuse of the muscles of the limb and shoulder. 



Symptoms. About the first thing noticed by the owner is 

 wasting away of the muscles of the shoulder, and the animal may 

 be somewhat stiff, or even lame, for a few days previous. There 

 is also an unnatural bulging of the shoulder joint. In some cases 

 atrophy occurs to such an extent that one might think the mus- 

 cles had disappeared entirely. 



Treatment. There are a great many forms of treatment used 

 in curing sweeny, and some of them are very cruel and useless. 

 The only treatment we use, and we never find it to fail, is our 

 Spavin Cure. (See Appendix.) This is a stimulating, penetrat- 

 ing, sweating blister that simulates the growth of the muscle 



