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will be absorbed and the remainder goes to waste ; therefore apply it 

 only over just the size of the spavin, and enough to wet it well, for two 

 or three times, at each application, and rub it well down to the skin 

 each time, with a small swab, or the finger, until it has been absorbed, 

 and repeat this two or three times a day and continue using the medicine 

 until the cure is complete, which takes usually from two to eight weeks, 

 or longer, according to the age and condition of the spavin. Much 

 also depends upon how the horse is used. 



In some very bad and old cases, if the lameness does not subside after 

 using one bottle of Kendall's Spavin Cure it would be well to apply 

 KendalPs Blister as directed on box, and follow up with Kendall's 

 Spavin Cure for two or three weeks, and repeat the Blister several times 

 if necessary. The Blister is not, like some we have seen, so powerful 

 as to destroy the skin and other tissues ; yet it is very well adapted, when 

 used with Kendall's Spavin Cure, to the treatment of old and bad cases 

 which do not seem to yield with the Spavin Cure alone. (We will send 

 our Blister by mail to any address on receipt of price, $ 1.) 



After a few days' use of Kendall's Spavin Cure a thick, firm scab is 

 usually formed, which if pulled oft' will take the hair with it; yet it 

 does not aftect the growth of the hair. The better way is to apply soft 

 soap to soften up the scab and in 2 or 3 hours wash well and when dry 

 apply again, as before. (See testimonials and other information in 

 another part of this book.) 



We give no other treatment, as our experience with various other 

 remedies, including blisters, liniments, &c., has heen very unsatisfactory ^ 

 as has been the experience of horsemen all over the world ; but Ken- 

 dall's Spavin Cure, when properly used, has given entire satisfaction. 

 See " our experience with bone spavin'''^ on page 64 of this book. 



OCCULT SPAVIN. This is similar to bone spavin in its nature, the 

 difference being that the location is within the joint, so that no enlarge- 

 ment is seen, which makes it more difficult to come to a definite conclu- 

 sion as to its location, and consequently the horse is oftentimes blis- 

 tered and tormented in nearly all parts of the \eg but in the right place. 



The causes and effects are the same as in bone spavin, 

 and it should be treated in the same way. 



These cases are often mistaken for hip disease, be- 

 cause no enlargement can be seen. 



Bog Spavin. The location of this kind of spavin is 

 more in front of the hock-joint than that of bone 

 spavin, and it is a soft and yet firm swelling. It does not 

 generally cause lameness. 



Treatment. Use Kendall's Spavin Cure, as directed blood spavin 



