68 DISEASES OF THE HOESE. 



where there are no fixtures but the walls ; regular feed and 

 regular work. 



Treatment. Do not let the horse stand in the stable 

 twenty hours out of the twenty-four. Feed him regularly, 

 and work him as regularly. Turn the animal to pasture, 

 and when he is brought home in the fall of the year, have 

 a loose box prepared for him without any fixtures, as man- 

 ger, trough, or rack. Place his hay upon the floor, and 

 his oats or corn in a small trough, and remove it as soon 

 as the feed is eaten. 



Curb. — One of the many diseases of the hock-joint, and 

 consists in a swelling immediately below the point of the 

 hock-joint, and is the result of sprain of the posterior 

 straight ligament; is more frequent in horses with the 

 hocks inclining forwards, (cow hock.) The treatment best 

 adapted is the ointment of the red iodide of mercury, 

 (see Ointments,) which is not only a counter-irritant, but a 

 sorbifacient. Apply about the size of a hickory-nut in 

 quantity every sixth day for a few weeks, occasionally 

 greasing or oiling the parts to prevent the skin cracking. 



Curby-Hocked. — (See Cow Hock.) 



Cutaneous Diseases. — (See Skin Diseases.) 



Cutting. — (See Interfering.) 



Death. — The great law of the universe makes limits of 

 duration to every structure endued with life, and prepares 

 a way for the resolution of every material provided with 

 vital principles into matter of the earth. The individual 

 existence of all organized bodies is merely temporary ; none 

 escape the necessity of perishing. 



Debility. — This is a condition accompanying many 

 diseases. Hence, the necessity of guarding against any 



