284 THE MODERN HORSE DOCTOR. 



region elicits symptoms of pain ; the part feels hot ; and the horse, 

 when compelled to describe a circle, shows, by the careful manner 

 in which he turns, that it gives him great pain. 



Treatment. — Rest; applications of cold water; light diet; and 

 cream of tartar water as a drink. One ounce of cream of tartar 

 to a bucket of water, daily. It was customary, but a few years 

 ago, to apply charges, and plasters, to the back, for the cure of 

 strain and lameness. But the day of plasters, in human as well 

 as veterinary practice, has gone by; they are now only used by 

 those who have never taken the trouble to understand the exha- 

 latory function of the skin — which salutary function plasters 

 obstruct ; the wet sheet next the skin, and a blanket over it, will 

 je more likely to do good than a plaster. Should the horse show 

 more than ordinary symptoms of pain, a fomentation of hops 

 should be resorted to ; if, after a day or so, the pain is still mani- 

 fest, the trouble is something more than mere strain, and the 

 owner had better consult a medical man. 



STRAIN OF THE SHOULDER. 



Treatment. — The part must be sponged, two or three times a 

 day, with diluted tincture of arnica. In fact, a common strain of 

 any part of the muscular system may be treated in the same 

 manner ; at the same time attention must be paid to the state of 

 the bowels. 



THOROUGHPIN. — {Enlarged bursa.) 



Thoroughpin makes its appearance in the form of bursal 

 swelling, the fluid of which can be squeezed from one side to the 

 other : it is located in the region of the hock, in a space bounded 

 by the os calcis, tendo achillis, and lower end of the tibia. It 

 seldom occasions lameness, but is considered a sad blemish ; for 

 the removal of which, Mr. Gloag, V. S., recommends acupunc- 

 titration and pressure. The following case, from the Veteri- 

 narian, illustrates his mode of procedure : — 



"July 11, 1850, a chestnut mare, aged four years, admitted 

 with a large thoroughpin, off hock. This had existed four or five 

 months, and seemed to be increasing in size. It was proposed to 



