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spavin, whether It be bog spavin or bone spavin, there 

 is no cure for it. Blistering and firing are often re- 

 sorted to, but with httle, if any effect. 



CURB 



A curb Is a strain of the hgament just below the point 

 of the hock. It often causes lameness, but seldom 

 permanent lameness. The treatment should be rubbing 

 with alcohol or Tuttle's Elixir, or with equal parts of 

 iodine, camphor, and glycerine. If a cure Is not effected, 

 a mild blister should be applied. 



Curbs, like windgalls, are often caused by over- 

 working or over-driving young horses, or horses that 

 are not in condition for hard work. Curbs are apt 

 to come on horses that have crooked or sickle-shaped 

 hocks, A "curby hock" Is a hock that, by Its shape, 

 shows a tendency to curb. 



CAPPED HOCK 



Capped hock Is a swelling on the point of the hock 

 caused usually by lying down and getting up In a stall 

 not v/ell-provided with bedding. Sometimes it Is caused 

 by kicking in the stall, sometimes by using the horse with 

 traces too short, so that his hocks strike the whifiletree. 



The swelling may usually be removed by rubbing 

 it with camphorated oil, or with alcohol In which 

 camphor has been dissolved, or by the application of a 

 liniment, such as Tuttle's Elixir, just strong enough to 

 raise a very slight blister. This last I have found to 

 be an effectual remedy. Massaging alone will often 

 remove the swelling. 



