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SPAVIN. 



Natural action. 

 Leg brought for- 

 ward. 



Effect of a bad Spav- 

 in. Leg not brought 

 forward. 



But we do not mean to be un- 

 derstood that in a case of anchy- 

 losis (stiff-joint) we can again re- 

 store the joint to its original con- 

 dition; for this is an impossibil- 

 ity, owing to the union of the two 

 bones making them as one. Nei- 

 ther do we mean that, in any ordi- 

 nary case of bone spavin which has 

 become completely ossified (that 

 is the bunch become solid bone) — 

 that in such a case the enlarge- 

 ment will be removed. 



In any bony growths like spav- 

 in or ring-bone it will be exceed- 

 ingly difficult to determine just when there is a sufficient deposit of phos- 

 phate of lime so that it is completely ossified ; for the reason that in 

 some cases the lime is deposited faster than in others, and therefore 

 one case may be completely ossified in a few months while in another it 

 will be as many years. 



They are the cases which are not completely ossified that we claim to 

 remove. One of this class which we have seen removed was a large 

 bone spavin of four or five years standing, and we think that a large 

 per cent, of cases are not fully ossified for several months or years. 



We are well aware that many good horsemen say that it is impossi- 

 ble to cure spavins, and in fact this has been the experience of horse- 

 men until the discovery of Kendall's Spavin Cure. It is now known 

 that the treatment which we recommend here will cure nearly every 

 case of bone spavin which is not past any reasonable hopes of a cure, 

 if the directions are followed, and the horse is properly used. 



In using Kendall's Spavin Cure apply it two or three times a day 

 until the lameness has all subsided, and then gradually decrease the 

 quantity used, or only apply it once or twice a day. 



If it is necessary to use the horse much, apply only at night. When 

 the enlargement has been removed the medicine may be left off, and 

 the horse should have several weeks' rest. Although some horses can 

 be put at light work as soon as the cure is complete, yet we would rec- 

 ommend that all be allowed to rest for several weeks. 



Some have an erroneous idea, thinking that in using a bottle of Ken- 

 dall's Spavin Cure it makes no difference about the time taken to apply 

 it, and therefore have used the whole of a bottle in two or three days, 

 and, as they see no perceptible change they discard the medicine before 

 it has had time to take any effect— to such we would say, only a little 



