DISEASES OF ANIMALS 151 



Swelled Ankle. 



An eight-year-old horse about a year ago got lame in his hind 

 leg by a swelling, just above and back af the ankle joint. It looks 

 very much like wind galls and feels soft. It gets quite large at times 

 if I work him hard. 



This is bursitis and tendonitis, one of the meanest kinds of lame- 

 ness to treat. Put on a high heel shoe, no toe ; shorten the toe of hoof 

 and apply a cantharides blister ; simple cerate, 3 oz. ; cantharides, J^ oz. 

 Cut the hair and apply thoroughly. After four days, wash off the blister 

 and grease once daily. It would be better to have a veterinarian cauter- 

 ize with a hot iron. The horse should be put on pasture two or 

 three months. 



An Unclean Wound. 



When I took my horse in from the Held where there were fir limbs 

 covering the ground, I noticed a hole on his leg about the size of a 

 25-cent piece. I soaked a wrapper in cold water and put it on every 

 night for about a week. The leg swelled from knee to the hoof about 

 three times its size. Proud flesh started right away, so I blistered it 

 good four times about every 10 days and then I kept it greased and it healed 

 up. But it would discharge pus and a watery substance about every 

 month for one or two days, then would stop and heal over again. 



Your horse has a foreign body in the wound, either a piece of the 

 fir limb that caused the trouble or a broken spicule of bone. Thoroughly 

 sponge out the wound with a two per cent solution of cresol and wash 

 your hand in some. Insert your finger into the wound, and see if you 

 can feel this foreign substance and remove it. The wound will not heal 

 up as long as it remains, but as soon as removed will heal, if you wash 

 it out daily with the above antiseptic solution. 



Cracks Below Joint. 



My mare has cracks open under the joint on both front feet, then 

 it will scab over. 



Mix the following: Zinc oxide, 4 ounces, iodoform y? ounce, 

 glycerine 2 ounces, carbolic acid 2 drachms, and apply twice daily after 

 thoroughly washing with cresoleum water and castile soap. Remove every 

 vestige of scab and hair from about the sores. 



Hock Joint Cut. 



A brood mare got cut with a barb wire on the hock joint and kept 

 lame, and soon did not put her foot down to the ground. Her hip 

 is losing its flesh and the joint is large. 



The animal has a wound in one of the worst places on the body 

 to heal properly. Keep her tied up and as quiet as possible to prevent 

 movement of the joint. Clean up wound with hydrogen peroxide, then 

 paint it twice daily with following mixture : Turpentine 4 ounces, 

 raw linseed oil 4 ounces, tincture aloes 2 ounces, nitric acid 1 ounce, 



