114 ARTISTIC HORSE-SHOEIKG. 



the mischief. The treatment for shoulder-lameness lies in 

 rest, bleeding-, purging-, cooling halls, with nitre, etc., and if 

 it continues, the insertion of a rowel in the bosom. A cooling; 

 diet of green meat will also be needful, and all the corn 

 should be taken away. After all the heat has disappeared, 

 the horse may be turned loose into a box, and in another 

 fortnig-ht he may be walked out with a leading-'rein ; but it 

 should be two or three months before he is again mounted. 



Strain of the Stifle is confined to the joint, which be- 

 comes hot and tender, and often swells considerably. The 

 remedies are the same as for the shoulder, but a blister will 

 often pi'ove very efficacious, and it ma^" be useci in prefer- 

 ence to a rowel, and repeated ag-ain and ag-ain. 



Strain of the Round-hone, or Whirl-hone, as it is 

 termed by horsemen, is really confined to the hip-joint, 

 which is often strained, but more frequently said to be so 

 than really affected. It is very difficult to pronounce with 

 certainty that this joint is strained, but sometimes the 

 wasting- of the muscles affords unmistakable evidence of 

 the nature of the disease. Blisters and embrocations afford 

 the greatest chance of relief ; but when the wasting- is very 

 marked, and there is no evidence of present mischief, 

 nothing- but compulsory Avork Avill cure the disease. Lig-lit 

 farm-work, such as harrowing and the like, will often do 

 more good than all the applications in the world, simply 

 because the muscles have lost tone, and require the stimu- 

 lus of necessity to make them recover theii- power. 



Strain of the Back-sinew occurs in all the varied degrees 

 from a slight strain to a breaking-down. When the 

 sinews are merely slightly strained, it is g-enerall}^ their 



