178 The Horse Farrier. 



dent from the heat, pain, and tumefaction about the part • 

 the animal will flinch when the part is handled, and some- 

 times catch the leg up. The parts should be kept cool by 

 sponge, and the horse should have rest. If he is worked, a 

 it may prove a spavin. In lameness of the shoulder, the 

 symptoms are, the horse moves the leg in a circular form 

 instead of advances forward, and the action of one shoul- 

 der is quite different from the other ; the animal throws 

 the weight of the body as much on the sound side as 

 possible. 



Treatment. — If caused by heavy drawing, violent 

 tugging, or galloping on roads, rest, fomentations, and a 

 light dose of medicine are indicated. Should the animal 

 still be lame after the inflammatory symptoms, have sub- 

 sided, use the following liniment : Linseed oil, one pint, 

 chloric ether, 1 ounce, oil of cedar, half an ounce. 

 Mix ; and apply to the shoulder, night and morning. 

 If the disease is confined to the joint, blister, or stimu- 

 lating liniments may answer. 



ELBOW JOINT LAMENESS. 



The symptoms are tenderness, pain, swelling, heat, 

 and tumefaction around the joint, with inability of free 

 motion, &c. A dose of cathartic medicine, if high heat 

 prevails in the surface of the lame region, — vinegar and 

 water — are indicated. Very little benefit can be derived 

 from any treatment, unless the animal be kept at rest, 

 and on a light diet. In the greater number 6f cases of 

 fracture, it will be necessary to place the horse under 

 considerable restraint, or even to suspend or sling him. 

 A broad piece of sail-cloth, furnished with two breech- 

 ings, and two breast-girths, is placed under the animal'? 

 belly, and, by means of ropes and pulleys attached to a 

 cross beam above, he is elevated or lowered as circum- 

 stances may require. It will seldom be necessary to lift 

 the patient quite off the ground, and the horse will be 

 quietest, and most at his ease, when his feet are suffered 

 just to touch it. The head is confined by two collar ropes, 

 and the head-stall well padded. Many horses may plunge 

 about and be difficult to manage at first, but generally 



