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jumping-, or anything- that will sprain, or overtax the liga- 

 ments, will produce splint. 

 TREATMENT:— Our 

 REMEDY NO. 8i APPLIED ACCORDING TO DI- 

 RECTIONS, FOLLOWED BY REMEDY NO. 82 AS 

 DIRECTED, , 



will soon benefit the animal. 



Price of remedies Nos. 81 and 82 complete, $1.25. 



SPAVIN-BOG. 



Bog-spavin is a soft fluctuating swelling, situated in 

 front of the hock-joint. It is an enlargement of the bursal 

 cavity filled with fluid of the joint. It is generally caused, 

 especially in young horses, by over work, fast driving or 

 sprains. It is rarely accompanied with lameness, but when 

 bog-spavin is produced by a sprain, there is usually heat 

 and lameness, varying somewhat in intensity, 



TREATAIENT:— Apply hot water fomentations to 

 the spavin, thirty minutes three times a day for a few 

 days. Then apply our 



REMEDY NO. 89 AS DIRECTED, 

 and frequently rub briskly. 



Price of remedy No. 89, $1.00. 



SPAVIN-BLOOD. 



Blood-spavin is an aggravated case of bog-spavin, in- 

 volving the hock-joint on three sides. The swelling is 

 more extensive and interfering wnth the flow of blood, 

 that it is termed blood spavin. It may be the result of a 

 distention of the large vein, that passes down over the 



