DISEASES AND TREATMENT OF THE HORSE. 215 



Treatment. — If you want to work the animal and treat it, first 

 fix the floor, see that it is level and also feed him off the floor. 

 Bathe the legs with cold water and salt twice a day, after bathing- 

 rub dry and apply the white liniment every night, after the liniment 

 is dried in, bandage for a few hours, shoe the animal with a flat 

 shoe, if the roads are not slippery. If you do not want to use the 

 horse turn him out and blister the back cords once a month with 

 the following : 



Pulverized Cantharides or Spanish Fly 2 drams. 



Vaseline or Lard , . . 1 ounce. 



Mix and there will be enough in this to blister both legs 



once, rub in well and tie his head short so he can he can not bite 



it for a few hours, then in three days, grease it and let him run 



for a month, and repeat the blister until he is better. 



CALF-KNEED. 



This is not a disease but a fault in the formation of the knee, 

 this is where the animal stands with his knees bent back. 



Treatment. — There is none; only in buying a horse watch that 

 he is not calf-kneed for they are bad stumblers. 



SPRAIN OF THE BACK TENDONS. 



There is more or less swelling around the sprained tendons, the 

 animal will be lame in travelling, and if you press on the cords 

 he will flinch. 



Treatment. — Bathe with cold water and salt if in summer, but 

 if in winter bathe with luke warm water and salt twice a day, rub 

 dry and apply the white liniment, and an hour or so after applying 

 the liniment, bandage, leaving the bandage on for three hours. 

 After he is pretty well over the lameness, and if there is a thicken- 

 ing left, blister with the following : 



Pulverized Cantharides or Spanish Fly 2 drams. 



Vaseline or Lard 1 ounce. 



Mix and rub enough in to blister him well, and grease the 

 third day. Keep the animal quiet while treating him. 



SPRAIN OF THE FETLOCK JOINT. 



Causes. — From the horse stepping crooked or turning over on 

 his ankle. 



Symptoms. — The animal will be very lame, the joint will be 

 swollen and sore to handle. 



Treatment. — Use the same treatment as given in sprain of the 

 back tendons. 



