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The former are best treated with tincture of opium, two ozs., tannin 

 one drachm, mixed and applied in small quantities two or three times a 

 day. The unhealthy sore is best treated by cleansing the sore and apply- 

 ing Kendall's Spavin Cure twice a day. In some cases, where there is 

 proud flesh, cauterize the part with nitrate of silver or blue vitriol, and, 

 after a few hours, apply Kendall's Spavin Cure. 



Kendall's Spavin Cure has given entire satisfaction whenever used, to 

 our knowledge, for healthy or unhealthy sores, on man or beast. It 

 should be used by applying a small quantity directly into the sore after 

 it has been cleansed. 



SPAVIN. (For location see cut of skeleton.) In nearly all cases of 

 lameness in the hind leg the seat of disease will be found to be in the 

 hock-joint, although many persons (not having had experience) locate 

 the difficulty in the hip, simply because they cannot detect any swelling 

 of the hock-joint; but in many of the worst cases there is not seen any 

 swelling or enlargement for a long time and perhaps never. 

 BONE SPAVIN is a growth of irregular bony matter from the bones 

 of the joint, and situated on the inside, and in front of 

 the joint. 



Cause. The causes of spavins are quite numerous, 

 but usually they are sprains, blows, hard work, and, in 

 fact, any cause exciting inflammation of this part of 

 the joint. Hereditary predisposition in horses is a fre- 

 quent cause. 

 Symptoms. The symptoms vary in different cases. 

 BONE SPAVIN ^^ some horses the lame ness comes on very gradually, 

 while in others, it comes on more rapidly. 



It is usually five to eight weeks before any enlargement appears. 

 There is marked lameness when the horse starts out, but he usually 

 gets over it after driving a short distance, and if allowed to stand for a 

 while will start lame again. 



There is sometimes a reflected action, causing a little diflerence in 

 the appearance over the hip joint, and, if no enlargement has made its 

 appearance, a person not having had experience is vei*y liable to be de- 

 ceived in regard to the true location of the difficulty. The horse will 

 stand on either leg in resting in the stable, but when he is resting the 

 lame leg, he stands on the toe. 



If the joint becomes consolidated the horse will be stiff in the leg but 

 may not have much pain. 



Treatment. That we may not be misunderstood in regard to what 

 we mean by a cure, we would say that we mean to stop the lameness, 

 and in most cases to remove the bunch on such cases as are not past 

 any reasonable hopes of a cure. 



