258 O/^ BONE-SPAVIN. 



as it does not fo much afftd the bending 

 of the hock - 



The diffe- • A fpavin, tlrat comes by a kick or blow, 

 rentkinds. is at firft no true fpavin, but a bruife on 

 the bone, or membrane which covers it v 

 therefore not of that confequence, as when 

 it proceeds from a natural caufe ; and 

 thofe that put out on colts, and young 

 horfes, are not fo bad as thofe that happen 

 to horfes in their full ftrength and matu- 

 rity ; but in very old horfes they are gene- 

 rally incurable. 



Some pre- The ufual method of treating this dif- 

 P?r cau- order, is by blifters and firing, without 

 i-ions. gj^y regard to the fituation, or caufe 

 whence it proceeds. i hus, if a fulnefs 

 on the fore part of ihe hock comes upon 

 hard riding, or any other violence, which 

 threatens a fpavin ; in that cafe, fuch 

 coolers and repellers are proper, as are 

 recommended in ftrains and brwifes. 

 Thofe happening to colts and young 

 horfes are generally fuperficial, and re- 

 quire only the miilder applications ; for it 

 is better to wear them down by degrees, 

 than to remove them at once by feverc 

 means. 



Various are the . prefcriptions for the 

 ^ ■ blifter- 



