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him he did good fast work, without showing any 

 symptoms of his old affection. I have had several 

 cases of the same kind, and the only remedy is to 

 give a long rest, with iron and nux vomica. Give 

 for two weeks, then skip two, and give again, and 

 so on. 



Cramps of the Stifle Muscles. — Young horses 

 and colts are subject to cramps of the stifle. The 

 symptoms are: The animal stands with the leg 

 fixed to the ground or extended out behind him ; 

 while the cramp lasts the animal cannot move its 

 leg. It comes on and goes off suddenly, or in some 

 cases it lasts for several days. Prof. Williams, 

 of Edinburgh, says that it is caused by indiges- 

 tion and that a good physic will remove it. If 

 the animal is subject to it it will be well to give 

 it a dose of physic, aloes one ounce, ginger one 

 ounce, carbonate of soda one ounce; dissolve in half 

 a pint of boiling water, add half a pint of cold water 

 and give at one dose; half this quantity for a colt 

 from one to tw T o years old. This trouble seldom 

 requires any treatment. In those cases which last 

 more than an hour or two give bromide of potass, 

 in one-ounce doses three times a day in a small 

 bran mash, and rub the muscles around the stifle 

 twice a day with camphorated liniment 



Diseases of the Hock (Bog-Spavin). — This joint 

 corresponds to the ankle joint in man and is the 

 one in the horse most liable to injury. This joint 

 has w T hat is termed true and false joints. The true 

 joint is where it articulates with the lower end 

 of the tibia and upper surface of the astragalus. 



