160 OVEB-EEACH AND TBEAD. 



Ring Bone 



Consists of an enlargement and ossific deposit (near 

 the fetlock joint) in consequence of a strain and in- 

 flammatory action. It may appear on one or both 

 sides of a foot, or completely surround it, giving rise 

 to the name. One or more feet may be affected by 

 it. It is generally recognized by a mere bony en- 

 largement on one or both sides of the pastern, and 

 the lameness is not very considerable. Some- 

 times not only the ligamentous but bony structures 

 of the joint are involved, compromising the entire 

 joint. A false step or strain of the articular lig- 

 aments are the usual immediate causes, to which a 

 hereditary predisposition must be added. 



At the commencement bathe the part with THE 

 MARVEL or Arnica from day to day, and give fifteen 

 drops of the SPECIFIC B B, for SPAVIN, three times 

 per day. In chronic cases give a dose morning and 

 night, or even only once per day. Cases of con- 

 siderable standing will materially improve, and re- 

 cent or fresh cases may be permanently restored. 



Over-reach, and Tread. 



An over-reach is a bruise upon the heel of the 

 fore-foot caused from the toe of the hind shoe. A 

 tread is a bruise upon the inside coronet of a hind 

 foot, caused by the shoe on the other foot treading 

 upon it. It may also be caused by a fore shoe tread- 

 ing upon a hind coronet, as when the horse is back- 



