26 Diseases of the Horse. 



been constructed and used to break the habit, with partial 

 success. Examine the teeth and after getting them in 

 good condition, prepare a paste made of red pepper and 

 flour, and spread it on the objects that the horse is in the 

 habit of using when wind sucking. As soon as this habit 

 is noticed in the colt, he should be broken of it at once, 

 as it is not so difficult to do when taken in time. 



CURB. 



Curb is a disease of the hock-joint, and consists of a 

 swelling immediately below the point of that joint. It 

 may be large and soft or only a small, hard nodule. It 

 is the result of sprain of the posterior straight ligament; 

 this lisjament is usually sprained by the animal slipping, 

 jumping, rearing, or by backing up violently. This dis- 

 ease may or may not be accompanied with lameness. 



TREATMENT:— Shoe the horse with high heeled 

 shoes, and apply hot fomentations and our 



REMEDY NO. 85 AS DIRECTED. 

 Price, $1.00. 



DIABETES. 



This is a disease accompanied by great and frequent 

 flow of urine. It is caused by the starch and some in- 

 gredients of the food being transferred into sugar. This 

 will occur more readily from feeding imperfectly cured 

 oats, than from any other diet. 



SYMPTOMS: — An excessive flow of almost colorless 

 urine, great thirst. Although the animal has a ravenous 

 appetite, it looses flesh rapidly. The coat becomes rough, 



