150 DISEASES OF HORSES AND CATTLE. 



it is difficult to cure,as there is no flesh on the point 

 of the elbow to build upon. The fluid accumulates 

 between the skin and the point of the elbow. 



Treatment: Open it and allow the fluid to run 

 out. If it is hot and tender bathe it three or four 

 times a day with acetate of lead half an ounce, 

 water one quart. Inject a little of this into the 

 opening and muffle the horse's foot by putting on 

 a bag stuffed with short straw. There is a tend- 

 ency for the skin and tissue to thicken and in 

 time form a hard tumor. In this case make an 

 opening into it and inject a little tincture of iodine 

 once a day and rub iodine ointment on the outside 

 twice a week; one part of iodine to eight parts of 

 lard is the best strength for this. Continue this 

 treatment for a month or two. Cutting it out with 

 the knife, I find, is bad practice, as in the majority 

 of cases before it heals the tumor will be larger 

 than before. 



Capped Hock is caused either from kicks or 

 bruises. It sets up an inflammation, resulting in 

 effusion between the cap and the point of the bone 

 of the hock, and if an opening is made into it, it 

 usually makes a worse blemish than the enlarge- 

 ment, and is best treated at first with acetate of 

 lead half an ounce, water one quart. After all 

 heat and tenderness are gone use biniodide of mer- 

 cury one dram, lard one and one-half ounces; rub 

 on a little once a week, and continue it for several 

 months. There are cysts which form on the stifle 

 joint, often in colts, from bruises. Sometimes they 

 cause lameness, at others none. These are best 



