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or fifteen hours and renewed occasionally. Whisky enough must be 

 given to bring the animal completely under its influence. 



2. Immediately after the infliction of the wound, apply 

 saleratus moistened and bound on the bite. If considerable time 

 has elapsed open the wound with a knife previous to applying. This 

 is an effectual remedy. 



SPAVIN. 



Symptoms Inflammation and exudation of the bony sub- 

 stance from a tumor in the region of the hock; or accumulation of 

 lymphatic humors in the same region. At first the animal seems 

 to be afraid of freely using one or the other of the hind legs, and a 

 little lameness is perceived at the commencement of moving. 

 Afterwards, when returned to the stable after an exertion, the horse 

 stands upon the toe of the affected limb; limps considerably on 

 turning about and when commencing to walk ; after walking a little 

 the lameness disappears, and is only perceived again after the horse 

 has been standing a few minutes. At this period we begin to notice 

 a swelling in the region of the hock, accompanied by increasing 

 lameness or complete stiffness; this swelling is either hard and bony, 

 or soft. We distinguish several varieties of spavin, according to 

 locality and character. 



Remedies 1. Use the following blister after reducing the 

 inflammation with fomentations of hot water. 



Corrosive sublimate ^ ounce, 



Spanish flies % ounce 



Alchohol % pint. 



Apply to the parts affected and a blister being raised, grease 

 with lard daily until healed, and then again blister and so continue 

 until a cure is affected. Ordinarily a few applications will be suffi- 

 cient. 



2. Foment the spavin twice daily, for half an hour each time, 

 with a lye made by dissolving one ounce of sal-soda in one gallon 

 of hot water; apply with a sponge, as hot as the animal can bear it 

 without causing distress. The lye should be kept at the same tem- 

 perature during each fomentation. All lye material should be 

 carefully but thoroughly removed from the surface of the skin 

 when drying the parts immediately after each application. A 

 sweating-blister should be applied every night over the region of 

 the spavin, and well hand-rubbed into the surface of the skin imme- 

 diately after the parts have been fomented and dried as above 

 described, until considerable irritation is produced on the surface of 

 the skin. Then the use of the blister should be omitted for three 

 days and applied again in the same way. The blister is composed 

 of one ounce each of tincture of cantharides, oils of turpentine, ori- 

 ganum and spike, two drachms of finely pulverized corrosive subli- 



