118 DISEASES OF THE HORSE. 



Treatment. — Occasionally give thirty to forty drops 

 of muriatic acid, in a bucket of cold water to drink. 



Bloody urine may be treated by warm-water cloths, 

 laid over the back or situation above the kidneys, and 

 give flax-seed tea to drink, to soothe the parts. Give no 

 saltpetre or other medicine. 



In old horses, as is in old men, considerable chronic 

 disease of the kidneys exists. Although not much in the 

 way of cure by medicines can be done, a great deal can 

 be done to soothe the parts, by soft and soothing feed 

 and drink, such as steamed or boiled feed, and flax- 

 seed tea, cut grass, and other green feed, with plenty of 

 cold water at all times to drink. The more fluids that 

 go into the body, the less irritation of the bladder and 

 kidneys. (See Bladder Diseases.) 



Knees Broken. — (See Broken Knees.) 



Knee Joint — Loose Cartilages in. — Small loose 

 cartilage is sometimes found floating in the knee joint 

 of horses, as well as of man, and is the cause of much 

 of the obscure lameness that is so often unaccounted 

 for, and so far as I am aware have never been noticed 

 by any writer. The lameness is very sudden and passes 

 ofi" as if nothing had happened, constantly coming and 

 going. 



Treatment. — Removal of the body from the joint by 

 first getting it into a corner, and holding it there, and 

 cutting and taking it out, this is too dangerous an opera- 

 tion for every person to undertake, as it is cutting into a 

 synovial cavity. 



Knuckling. — This is a peculiar loose double action 

 of the pastern of the hind legs, and is a symptom of 

 rather than a disease of itself. 



