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the part for ten or fifteen minutes, and repeat at intervals. It 

 would relieve considerably to raise the heels of the shoe, and when 

 the inflammation subsides, blister repeatedly. If this does not suc- 

 ceed, fire the part. 



Curbs are not usually difficult to manage. I include a remedy 

 which is very effective in removing chronic enlargements of this 

 kind. It was first brought to my notice by being used upon one 

 of my baggage-horses during one of my campaigns in Ohio. I 

 purchased this horse cheap on account of his having a large curb, 



FIG. 677. An ordinary curb. FIG. 678. A very bad curb. 



which, though it did not cause lameness, blemished the leg badly. 

 I noticed my manager, Dr. Williams, occasionally rubbing on 

 some medicine. It seemed to me like a waste of time to attempt 

 doing anything for it, and so expressed myself. He said, " Wait, 

 and I will show you the effect." He simply applied the remedy 

 two or three times a week, and in two or three months, to my 

 surprise, the enlargement had almost entirely disappeared. Since 

 then several cases of morbid joint enlargement have been cured by 

 applying this remedy occasionally for two or three months, one 

 especially bad, caused by an injury down near the hoof. The fol- 

 lowing is the remedy: 



1 ounce each of oil origanum, oil of spike, 

 oil of amber, spirits of tur- 

 pentine, and camphor. 



Mix thoroughly, and nib on the enlargement two or three times a \veek. 



