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DISEASES AND THEIR TREATMENT. 

 Ring-bone. 



The treatment for ring-bone, splints, curbs, and spavins is 

 practically the same. If there is inflammation, the result of recent 



Fig. 670. — Joint ancbylosed in ring- 

 bone, without enlargement. The 

 roughened appearance of the 

 bone the result of inflamma- 

 tion of the periosteum. 



Fig. 671. — Ring-bone. The joint ancby- 

 losed a«ad enlarged. 



strain, use cooling applications, and give the horse rest until it 



passes off, when counter irritation by blister- 

 ing or firing must be resorted to. 



A ring-bone is a bony excrescence, or en- 

 largement, about the pastern, most frequently 

 occurring in the hind leg. Sometimes it does 

 not cause much lameness, while again the 

 lameness may be very severe, and perhaps in- 

 curable. This will depend much upon the lo- 

 cation of the enlargement upon the joint. 

 Should it be upon the center of the bone, it 

 may not occasion any trouble ; but if upon 

 the margin of the joint, it is liable to cause 

 much lameness. Fig. 671, taken from a pho- 

 tograph, is a front view of an enlarged an- 



FiG. 673.— Longitudinal , i i • • , • i xp- n^c^ • 



,..,,. chylosed lomt, or rmg-bone ; J^ig. 0/2 is a 



section of joint after •' J ' n ' o 



anchylosis. view of another specimen cut through the 



