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Treatment. — Force enough to bring the joint properly in 

 phace must be used. Take tVo splints made of a flat iron bar, 

 one-fourth of an inch thick, reaching from the border of the 

 shoe half-way up the leg, or a little more. The splint is to be 

 made to fit the side of the leg, and bent so as to correspond 

 to the angle at the joint. The lower end of the splint is to be 

 made thin and turned inward so as to be driven between the 

 shoe and hoof, to keep it in place. The splints are then to be 

 wrapped with muslin to prevent them from hurting the skin. 

 They are then applied, one on each side, the lower turn being 

 driven under the shoe, and a stout roller, or bandage, carried 

 from the pastern-joint up to the top of the splints, binding 

 them firmly to the leg. Keep wet, until the swelling goes 

 down, with a solution of tincture of arnica. 



WOUNDS. 



A WOUND is the cutting or rending asunder the soft parts, by 

 mechanical means. Wounds are named, from the condition in 

 which the parts are left, or the manner in which the wound is 

 inflicted, incised, contused, lacerated, punctured, or penetrated. 

 In man many wounds heal without the formation of matter, or 

 pus, the parts uniting by simply being brought together and 

 kept so for a short time. This is called healing by " first in- 

 tention." But this mode of healing is, by no means, so com- 

 mon in wounds in the horse's flesh. Here we generally have to 

 wait for matter to form and new flesh to fill up the rent. The 

 reasons for this are, that the horse has a muscular coat spread 

 all over his body, under the skin, which he uses to shake off 

 flies or any thing else that annoys his skin. By this the sutures, 

 or stitches, are often1:orn out, and the wound is left gaping. The 

 horse, also, often rubs the part or breaks the sutures with his 



