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SPRAINS of either the muscles cr tendons may 

 usually be diagnosed if the injured part feels unduly 

 hot and exhibits swelling. The horse walks or moves 

 in evident pain. Apply, as a cooling lotion arnica 

 (tincture, of) 2 ounces, water 1 pint. Even pressure is 

 required, and this is best obtained by using cotton wool 

 and a fairly tight bandage. The lotion can then be 

 poured into the wool without removing the bandage, 

 about five times a day, or so frequently as never to let 

 it become dry. In a day or two the heat will have gone, 

 then rub in plenty of Elliman's embrocation twice daily. 

 In more serious cases a blister may be found necessary. 

 Rest plays the most important part in cases of sprain, 

 so the less the horse is moved about the better. 



STRINGHALT is the name given to an extravagant 

 jerky action of one or both hind legs, which I am sure 

 my readers must have frequently noticed some horses 

 exhibit. It doesn't seem to interfere with the animal, 

 though it is, as a rule, more apparent after a period of 

 rest and decreases during exercise. Nobody seems to 

 be able to account for it, nor has any remedy been 

 discovered. 



SWELLED LEGS. — Sometimes on going into the 

 stable in the mornino' it will be observed that one or 



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both hind legs are "'filled" without any apparent cause, 

 such as a wound or a strain due to kicking, to account 



