DISEASES AND THEIR TREATMENT. 



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CURB, 



Clean Hock. 



Curb. 



Curb. 



This is an enlargement of the integument, and in some 

 cases of bony deposit, usually caused by a strain. It is 

 situated on the back part of the hock, just below the cap. 

 Blister with remedy for spavin. 



SPRAIN OF THE BACK SINEWS. 



The animal becomes suddenly lame, and by use grows 

 worse. Pass the fingers down 

 on each of the tendons back 

 of the knee. A little enlarge- 

 ment, if there, with considera- 

 ble inflammation, will be dis- 

 covered. Use cooling astringent 

 liniment until the acute stage 

 passes off. If not better then, 

 blister, observing to give the 

 animal rest. Firing is the most 



reliable treatment. Enlargement caused^by Sprain of the 



COFFIN JOINT LAMENESS 



Is often mistaken by those who are not capable of locat' . <, 

 the diseases of horses' feet to be lameness of the shoulder, 

 from the fact that generally after the shoe is removed, and 

 no external injury is discovered in the foot, some distant 

 part is selected as the location of the disease. ' navicular 

 disease is dangerous and treacherous in its pr.vgress and 

 development. It is commonly caused by viole /i sprains of 

 the navicular joint, although sometimes, and in fact, very 

 often, may be induced by a contusion of .he frog; and 



