716 THE PEOPLE'S FARM AND STOCK CYCLOPEDIA. 



Mix, and bathe the parts with it two or three times a day. 

 And blister about once every two weeks with 



Cantharides, powdered, . . . . . .1 ounce. 



Lard, ......... 8 ounces. 



Mix, and in preparing this it must not be heated hot, but 

 just warm enough to melt the lard. (See Blistering.) After 

 the shoulder begins to fill up, light saddle or buggy work is of 

 benefit, but the animal should not be put to the plow, harrow, 

 or wagon. 



Puffs, also known as Windgatts and Bursal Enlargements. 

 These are puffy tumors or enlargements near any joint, but are 

 called windgalls only when situated on or near the fetlock-joint. 

 They sometimes become cartilaginous, or bony. If they are 

 soft, without heat or pain, they seldom do any harm. 



TREATMENT. If they are of long standing they are incurable, 

 but if treated in the early stage they may be reduced. If they 

 are suddenly produced in a healthy, fat animal, give five drams 

 of pulverized aloes and apply cold water to the parts for an 

 hour at a time, three or four times a day, for a day or two, 

 and, after bathing, each time, place some tow or cotton on the 

 puff, and then bandage, causing the tow to press upon the puff, 

 and then keep the bandage wet. It is not advisable to open 

 them. 



Bog-spavin is a distension of the capsular ligament of the 

 hock-joint with synovia, commonly called joint-oil or joint-water. 

 This capsular ligament, which is a little sack, naturally holds 

 about two tea-spoonfuls of fluid, but in a bog-spavin it may con- 

 tain ten or fifteen times as much. A bog-spavin seldom inter- 

 feres with the action of the animal. 



CAUSES. Want of regular exercise, working too hard, or 

 driving too fast; any sprain or other injury. It may come on 

 a leg very suddenly. 



SYMPTOMS. There is a puff or enlargement on the inner front 

 part of the hock-joint. If it is suddenly caused, by a sprain or 

 other injury, there will be heat and tenderness, and the animal 

 will be lame. 



TREATMENT. If it is suddenly produced in a young, fleshy 



