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This is a serious, and, generally speaking-, an irre- 

 parable injury ; for it will be almost impossible to keep 

 the divided edges of the various parts long enough 

 in contact for reunion to take place. A shoe with a 

 high heel must be put on ; the leg must be well ban- 

 daged, and perfect quiet must be enjoined. Inflam- 

 mation may be generally kept under by the applica- 

 tion of the cold solution of the tincture of arnica; but 

 no stimulating application must be used until all in- 

 flammation is removed; when the leg having been 

 repeatedly bathed with the solution of chloride of zinc, 

 the iodide of lead ointment may be freely used to 

 reduce the swelling. 



A much more frequent injury than that just de- 

 scribed, though fortunately one much less severe, is a 

 strain and enlargement of the suspensory ligament; 

 sometimes on one, but often on both sides. The 

 treatment should be similar to that before advised ; 

 that is, first to place on a high-heeled shoe ; then to 

 remove the inflammation by cooling lotions; and 

 ultimately to stimulate the enlargement by employing 

 the ointment just named. 



CUTTING. 



The inside of the fetlock is often bruised and cut 

 by the opposite foot. This is particularly the case 

 in young horses, before the joints attain their proper 

 strength ; for the same reason animals when they are 

 tired frequently cut, for the legs can no longer pre- 

 serve their perpendicular motion. 



There are few things more difficult to cure than 

 cutting : the inner heel has been raised and lowered ; 



