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ness is recent, it will be likely to cure. But if the stifle 

 is out of place, fasten a strong rope or chain round the 

 foot-lock of the lame leg, and let a strong man hold it ; 

 then move the horse directly forward, while the rope i? 

 held fast by the man behind, pulling the rope, so as to occa- 

 sion the leg to be extended back as far as it can be drawn. 

 Let this be done three or four times before the rope is 

 taken off. Be careful and pull the leg directly back 

 behind, for if turned on one side, the leg may be injured. 

 It is said that this treatment never fails ; but if the stifle 

 has been of long standing, the operation should be re- 

 peated in a few days. This restores the bone, and the 

 application of astringent medicines, like the liniment 

 just named, will have a tendency to keep it in its place. 



Another. If the stifle is dislocated, make a stifle 

 shoe, three inches high, using a common shoe for the 

 base ; put this on the well foot, that the horse may stand 

 four or five days on the lame one ; that will keep thf 

 joint in its place, and in the mean time bathe the join^ 

 with the liniment above mentioned. The stifle shoe ir. 

 preferable to strapping the well leg, as it hinders circu 

 lation, takes off the hair, and often lames it. 



Another. " A handful of sumach bark, and a hand- 

 ful of white oak bark, boiled in a gallon of water, down 

 to two quarts ; bathe the stifle with this solution twice iK 

 day four days ; then put on a salve made of the white 

 of an egg and rosin, and bathe the same in, with a hot 

 shovel, two or three times, and the horse is cured." 



Another. Take one gallon of urine, and put therein 

 a small handful of junk tobacco ; boil down to one 

 quart ; then add two ounces of the oil of spike, one 

 ounce of the oil of amber, two spoonfuls of spirits of 

 turpentine, and two spoonfuls of honey. Put it into a 

 ]ug, and cork it tight for use. 



Process of Application. Rub the stifle bone hard with 

 the mixture, fifteen or twenty minutes j then dry it in 

 thoroughly with a red-hot fire shovel; then ride the 

 horse forth and back one hundred rods. Repeat the 

 above two or three times, and the cure will be effected. 



