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This treatment may be depended upon to effect a cure. It 

 has done so in a large number of cases where other remedies 

 have entirely failed. 



AN ILLUSTRATIVE CASE. 



In support of the statement just made, the history of one 

 case may be cited, from among numerous reminiscences of a 

 similar character. It occurred in the winter of 1856-57. 



Colonel Jarmon, living in "Wilson County, Tennessee, had 

 a young stable horse afflicted with a swelled leg of fearful 

 dimensions. The disease was developed in its most aggra- 

 vated form. The hind leg had swollen until, from the hock 

 to the hoof, it was a mass of putrid matter. It was badly 

 cracked open, and the yellow, watery discharge was flowing 

 from it abundantly. Yet the general health of the horse 

 was not seriously impaired, and there was but little fever 

 except what arose from the diseased leg. 



The previous history of this attack was a common one. 

 Disease of the foot and bad stables were the sources of all 

 the mischief. The whole list of remedies known in that part 

 of the country had been tried, during several months con- 

 tinuously, but with such utter lack of success that the horse 

 had grown worse and worse, and the general opinion was 

 rapidly settling down into the conviction that it was useless 

 to attempt any further treatment. 



At this juncture. Colonel Jarmon having applied to the 

 author, the corrosive liniment was recommended, and a serv- 

 ant was immediately dispatched to Kashville, where the 

 medicine was prepared, under our direction, and sent out to 

 the farm. Special directions for its use had been given be- 

 fore leaving, and were strictly carried out. The horse was 

 effectually cured, and became as sound and well as ever. 



SWELLED ANKLES. 



• This is an affection of a much milder type than the pre- 

 ceding, and, as its name implies, is confined almost entirely 

 to the ankle joints. It is intimately connected with swelled 



