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hair, and rub the part once a day for six or eight days ; then 

 wash the parts well with proof spirits. If the desired effect 

 is not produced, repeat it. 



HING-BOITE. 



This is a disease of the same nature as spavin, its locality 

 alone giving it a different name ; the same alterations of struc- 

 ture takes place ; the sames termination follows, and the same 

 treatment is indicated. Contraction of the coronary ligaments 

 is sometimes mistaken for ring-bone, .and the poor beast is 

 severely tortured in consequence. Contraction of this liga- 

 ment produces a bulging of the soft parts around the coronet, 

 causing the hair to turn downward and inward upon the hoof, 

 giving it much the appearance of ring-bone. As in all such 

 cases the heels are pressed close aud painfully together, there 

 is great necessity of distinguishing between the two before 

 any application is made. 



SPLINT. 



This is an exostosis, or bony enlargement, arising from blows 

 upon, or strains of, the splint bones, which are situated one on 

 each side of the cannon bones and posterior to them. Splints 

 are so common that few horses reach the age of eight years 

 without having them, although they are not always visible to 

 the eye at that period, having perhaps spread over a large 

 surface of bone, or become flattened ; which circumstance has 

 given rise to the opinion among horsemen that old horses are 

 not affected with splints. This, however, is a mistake ; since 

 a splin-t once formed is never afterward removed during the 

 life of the animal. The nature of a splint is very similar to 



