Diseases of the Horse. 67 



STRINGHALT. 



Stringhalt is an involuntary spasmodic ^ contraction of 

 muscles of the hind leg, and is known from the peculiar 

 manner in which the hind leg or legs are raised and low- 

 ered. This peculiar manner is described as a quick, spas- 

 modic jerky motion, which the animal cannot control, 



CAUSES: — Loss of nerve influence, whereby the ex- 

 tensor pedis muscle — and other muscles — are deprived of 

 their proper power. It is sometimes caused by the peculiar 

 condition of the blood. And sometimes appears in rheumatic 

 form. Stringhalt generally comes on very slowly, but 

 may develop very rapidly. If the animal shows indica- 

 tion of stringhalt in the winter season with the symptoms 

 disappearing as the heated months advance, the case may 

 be regarded as one of rheumatic form. If the symptoms 

 continue during the summer months, the horse should 

 have nnmediate and proper attention, or the disease will 

 gradually continue to grow worse, until the horse strikes 

 the belly with the fetlock. 



TREATMENT: — The muscles of the thigh are to be 

 brought into healthy action, and the lost nervous influence 

 restored, by giving our 



REMEDY NO. loi AS DIRECTED. 

 Give the horse an abundance of good, nutritious food. 

 By giving our remedy for this disease before it has ad- 

 vanced to far, a cure can be effected in six weeks. But 

 after the disease has taken a firm hold of the animal, it 

 will require a longer time to effect a cure. 



Price of remedy No. loi, $2.50. 



