48 8PRAIX3 OF THE BACK SIXEWS. 



SPEAINS OF THE BACK SINEWS, 



Sliould there remain the slightest lameness 

 or enlargement^ the leg must be blistered; ai?^ 

 it would geldom be a bad practice to blister after 

 every case of severe sprain. The inflammation 

 may lay deep, and tlie part once sprained may 

 long remain v/eak^ and subject to renewed 

 injury, notfroQi unusual but ordinary exertion. 

 The horse should be afterwards turned out for 

 one or two months. 



We must here again repeat* that a blister 

 should never be used wliiic anv heat remains. 



ENLAEGEMENT OF THE HOCK. 



A horse with an enlarged hock must always 

 be regarded with suspicion: in truth he is un- 

 sound. The animal may discharge his usual 

 work during a long period, without return of 

 lameness, but when all his energies are required, 

 the weakened part will fail. The treatment is 

 plain enough: fomentations, blistering, &:g. may 

 remedy the evil. 



