756 DISEASES AND THEIK TREATMENT. 



a common nicking-knife, to the top, and cut down to the bone. 

 The part may now be treated as for simple inflammation ; after- 

 ward, simply by cooling applications. The usual treatment is, 

 after the acute stage has passed oft', to clip the hair and blister 

 once or twice. Or, a more effectual way would be by firing, the 

 best way of doing which is by the pyro-puncture process; but this 

 is seldom necessary. 



I give several excellent remedies for splints and ordinary en- 

 largements, either of which may be used ; also a number under 

 the head of Special Remedies, given near the close of this book, all 

 of which are very good. The following is also used with much 

 success: 



1 ounce oil of origanum. 

 1 ounce oil of turpentine. 

 3Jr ounce of alcohol. 



To be applied night and morning, for a few days at a time. 



SPAVIN. 



There is so much misconception among people generally about 

 the nature of spavin and its cure, that I will include such illustra- 

 tions as will show clearly the character and location of the disease. 

 I first give various views of the hock, with an explanation of the 

 different parts. Also views of specimens of a bad condition of 

 spavin; first, a union of all the bones of the hock without 

 any enlargement; next, the same condition with a large, bony 

 deposit, the result of long-continued inflammation of the parts. 

 This enlargement is what is called a spavin. Many pretend 

 to be able to cure spavin by a medicine that will take off the 

 bunch, claiming that it is simply a form of detached growth, and by 

 removing this a complete cure will be effected. The fallacy of this 

 pretension would be better understood could the specimens from 

 which the illustrations are taken be examined. 



The remedies generally used are nitrate of silver, corrosive sub- 

 limate, arsenic, muriatic, sulphuric, and nitric acids, or their com- 

 binations with other medicines of less severe character. These 

 medicines applied to the surface deaden or destroy the skin and 

 sub-tissues of the part, which, in the course of a week or two, 

 sloughs off, leaving a bad sore. The operator exhibits this sloughed 



