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gish oirculation, and is seen after diseases of a debilitating 

 character. Capped hock is most common among heavy horses. 

 It is a blemish, but cannot be considered an unsoundness. 



Treatment. — If of long standing, it will take some time to 

 effect a cure. If the case is the result of an injury recently re- 

 ceived, fomentations should be applied, and finally blisters used. 

 The cause should be removed. If the enlargement still remains 

 after pursuing this treatment, iodine tr. should be applied, and 

 later iodide of mercury ointment may be applied, one part 

 of mercury to five of lard. When serum or pus has formed it 



may be necessary to open up and al- 

 low the contents to escape, but open- 

 ing should not be made if it can be 

 absorbed in any way. A seton may 

 be passed through the enlargement 

 and the contents allowed to drain for 

 a few days. It should be dressed With 

 the carbolic acid lotion. 



CURB. 



Curb is an enlargement on the pos- 

 terior aspect of the hock, due to an 

 injury or sprain of the calcaneo- 

 cuboid ligament. It presents itself as 

 a small, hard nodule in the lower part 

 of the posterior aspect of the hock. 

 It can easily be recognized on the 

 back of the hock, about four or five 

 inches below the point of the os 

 calces. Animals with sickle-shaped hocks are predisposed to 

 curb. A long, narrow, and coarse hock is more likely to suffer 

 from curb than one well formed. The exciting causes are hard 

 and fast workj running, jumping, playing, and especially rear- 



Fig. 58-Curb. 



