METHODS OF CURE. 21 



qucnt Avashing of the sore arc absolutely necessary to complete tlic 

 cure. 



PI. R. — Thuja. 



A. K. — A bath of warm soap-suds, once or twice a day, lias always had a good 

 effect. Internally, give No. 9, without the addition of saltpetre. If the smell 

 from the sore becomes too offensive, powder it with charcoal dust. If hardening 

 should take place, use ointment of quicksilver. The last resort is caustic, and 

 even firing. Cathartic No. 3 has proved valuable, sometimes. 



Spavix (Bon^e). — A bony enlargement (luxation) of the lower 

 l)art of the back-joint, on the inner side of the leg, with more or less 

 inflammation. 



n. R. — If the joint be very warm, arnica and rhus-tox. Mercurius-solubilis, 

 if the spavin be fully developed with lameness. Pulsatilla, iodium, if accompanied 

 with painful swelling. 



A. R. — Application of cold water or even ice, with one-twelfth part of No. 2. 

 If the inflammation be moderate, it must be washed with warm soap-suds ; after- 

 wards, vesicatory No. 5 or (!. Should this not help, the firing must be used. 

 (See Plate II, Fig. 1, No. 41.) 



Spavin (Blood). — Varix (rupture of the veins) of the cannon-bone 

 vein, on the inside of the hock-joint. 



H. R. — Rhus-tox. Afterwards, iodium, arnica, thuja. 



A. R. — If the disease is of recent date, application of cold water, and properly- 

 arranged bandages, will be of great service. 



Spavin (Bog). — A soft or hard swelling on the inside of the hock- 

 joint, from expansion of the joint sac, which contains synovia. 



H. R. — In the beginning, arnica, rhus-tox ; after some time, belladonna ; later, 

 Pulsatilla, thuja, arsenicum, and iodium. 



A. R. — If there be inflammation, frequent applications of cold water, mixed 

 with one-twelfth part of No. 2. If the sickness be of long standing, blistering- 

 plaster No. 5 or C, and if that should not help, the firing nmst be usetl. 



Speedy-Cut. — A wound on the inside of the fore-leg, near the 

 knee, made by the striking of the shoe of the ojtposite foot in fast 

 travelling. 



Remedies. — See Wounds. 



Splint or Splent. — Bony excrescences, which grow on tlie in- 

 side of the shank-bone. They are generally caused by the striking 



