146 DISEASES OF THE EEET AND LEGS. 



Use hot fomentations, loose water-dressing, followed 

 by rubbing in iodine ointment, if necessary, for re- 

 duction, but this must be done with judgment and 

 careful observance of the effect the iodine produces. 

 Or, after using hot fomentations for a week, apply gas 

 water (which cau be obtained from any gas - works) 

 with a sponge dabbed on every hour during the day. 

 This treatment, if persisted in, is said to be very effica- 

 cious. 



For prevention, keep a good bed for your horse to lie 

 on at night. See " Kicking in the Stable " (page 85) 

 and " Kicking-Strap " (page 58). 



Tlwrongli-Pin and Bog-Spavin are, like wind-galls, 

 an undue distension of the bursae containing the 

 synovia intended to keep the surrounding parts of the 

 leg lubricated ; such distension interfering with the 

 circulation of the vein in front of the hock is de- 

 nominated " Blood " (or Bog) Spavin ; at the back 

 and sides of the hock these distensions are called 

 Thorough-Pin. 



The treatment is with hot fomentations and gas 

 water, as in " capped hock," or other absorbents, espe- 

 cially Stevens's ointment, iodine ointment, blisters, and 

 actual cautery, which remedies had better be tried in 

 rotation, the three latter only by a practitioner ; but 

 unless the distensions produce lameness, it is perhaps 

 preferable not to meddle with them at all. 



There are other diseases of the feet and legs, but 

 requiring very delicate definitions : they must be left 

 altogether to the professional man. 



As a rule, in all cases where it may be considered 

 desirable to use stimulating or strong absorbing treat- 

 ment externally to cure lameness, the inflammation 



