SS6 CrCLOPEDIA OF LIVE STOCK AND COMPLETE STOCK DOCTOR. 



lies on ttie floor, give more bedding; if on the shoe, apply a roller to 

 the pastern, as large as jour arm, so as to let it take the bearing on the 

 arm instead of the elbow on the foot. If it is a very bad case, it will be 

 well to keep the horse standing a few days. If it still remains large and 

 hard, change the injection to the following : 



No. 17. 1 Drachm iodine, 



1 Drachm iodide of potash, 

 1 Ounce alcohol, 

 1 Pint water. 

 Mix. 



Inject a little, twice a day, after usingthehot water as before. When 

 dry apply tincture of iodine twice a day, till it gets vervsore, then grease 

 it with fresh lard till healed, and repeat it. 



If it becomes hard and solid, the only remedy lies in dissecting it out 

 bodily. The operation is quite simple. Cut the opening in the skin in a 

 line running up and down, then cnt the cellular tissue around the tumor and 

 dissect the whole lump out, being very careful not to cut into the elbow 

 joint. If an artery or vein is cut so as to bleed a stream, take it up and 

 tie it, sew the skin together, and dress it three times a day with the lo- 

 tion. No. 6. If the stitches break out, and the wound gapes open, it is 

 no use to resew it, but dress it three times a day with No. 7, and it will 

 draw together as it heals. We would urge in this connection the employ- 

 ment of a qualified veterinary surgeon to perform operations in every 

 case, as the use of the knife requires a thorough knowledge of the anat- 

 omy of the parts, as well as experience to avoid giving unnecessary pain 

 to the animal. 



Where it is the hock that is affected, the same treatment will suffice in 

 all matters of detail until you come to puncturing the sack, when you 

 must stop. Never cut into a capped hock except in a rare, 3xaggerated 

 case, and then employ a veterinary surgeon to do it. Hand-rubbing will 

 do a great deal towards making it absorb. As soon as the inflammation 

 is well reduced, and all points working satisfactorily, the horse may as 

 well be at work as idle. 



Prevention. — G-ive the horse plenty of bedding ; do not allow a faithful 

 friend to sleep on the bare floor. Give plenty of exercise to avoid mis- 

 chief in the stable, that may run on to bad habits and vices. 



n. Fractures. 



Causes. — ^Fractures of the limbs are very common among horses, not 

 that the bones of horses are more brittle, but they are more exposed to 

 accidents than those of any other animal, man not excepted. They are 

 60 active, quick-motioned, fleet and heavy, that when an accident occurs 



