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CONKEY'S STOCK BOOK 



RHEUMATISM Caused by exposure to cold and damp, or by certain 



poisons in the system. The symptoms are stiffness and 



painful movement, with lameness shifting from one joint or leg to another. 



The joints are tender and swollen and the muscle affected is hard and tense. 



Treatment Rub freely with Conkey's Pain Lotion and rest the part 

 thoroughly, if necessary putting the horse in a sling. Give a 

 physic to carry off any systemic poison. Put the horse on soft food, with 

 green food once a day, and bran mash at least twice a week. Mix with 

 the food Conkey's Stock Tonic in amount directed on packages. For medi- 

 cine give three times a day y 2 ounce sodium salicylate in solution. Keep 

 up a thorough rubbing with Conkey's Pain Lotion and apply hot flannel 

 bandages between treatment. If in the region of the loins a good way to 

 apply the necessary heat is by covering the part with a thick pad of flannel 

 or a blanket, and ironing with a fairly hot iron, or use hot salt bags. 



RINGBONE This is a bony ring 

 or enlargement on the 

 coronet, a deposit from the pastern 

 bone due to inflammation at the ar- 

 ticular surface. If the deposit is from 

 the upper surface of the pastern bone, 

 namely the pastern joint, it is called 

 high ringbone; if from the lower ar- 

 ticular surface (affecting the coffin 

 joint) it is called low ringbone. Ring- 

 bone usually comes from faulty con- 

 formation or from wrong shoeing 

 which throws the whole action out, 

 making the horse liable to injury from 

 hard work or fast driving. In early 

 stages frequent rubbing with Conkey's 

 Pain Lotion will take out all lame- 

 ness. If well advanced use Conkey's 

 Absorbent, which absorbs the deposit without the pain of a blister and 

 leaves no unsightly sore to be healed up later. A bad case will require com- 

 plete rest during treatment. Full directions for use of Conkey's Absorbent 

 for treating Ringbone come with the package. 



Ringbone 



Bones of the foot 

 (After Chauveau) 



RINGWORM This is an itching skin disease due to parasite (trycho- 

 phyto tonsurans) which causes the hair to fall out in 

 ring after ring, leaving circular patches of bare skin, of a scurfy, stubbly 

 appearance and constantly enlarging. 



Treatment Wash the part thoroughly, then apply Conkey's Nox-i-cide 

 Dip and Disinfectant as directed on packages. 



ROARING This is a noisy difficulty of breathing after exertion 



THICK WIND and is due to paralysis of the muscles of one side of the 

 WHISTLING larynx, or to a thickening of the larynx membrane. 



It is considered incurable but symptoms may be less- 

 ened by the operation called tracheotomy. Consult a good veterinarian. 

 Frequently it results from neglected Distemper, for which see treatment 



