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two ounces, tanniu one drachm, mixed and applied in small quantities two 

 or three times a day. The unhealthy sore is best treated by cleansing the 

 sore and applying Kendall's Spavin Cure twice a day. In some cases, where 

 there is proud flesh, cauterize the part with nitrate of silver or blue vitriol, 

 and, after a few hours, apply Kendall's Spavin Cure. 



Kendall's Spavin Cure has given entire satisfaction whenever used, to 

 •our knowledge, for healthy or unhealthy sores on man or beast. It should 

 be used by applying a small quantity directly into the sore after it has been 

 ■cleansed. 



SPAVIN.— (For location see cut (f skeleton.) In nearly all cases of lame- 

 ness in the hind leg the seat of the disease will be found to be in the hock- 

 joint, although many persons (not having had experience) locate the diffi- 

 culty in the hip, simply because they can not detect any swelling of the 

 hock-joint ; but in many of the worst cases there is not seen any swelling or 

 enlargement for a long time, and perhaps never. 



Bone Spavin is a growth of irregular bony matter from the bones of 

 the joint, and situated on the inside and in front of the 

 joint. 



Cause. — The cause of spavins are quite numerous, but 

 usually they are sprains, blows, hard work, and, in fact, 

 anj' cause exciting inflammation of this part of the joint. 

 Hereditary predisposition in horses is a frequent cause. 



:^ym.ptoms. — The symptoms vary in different cases. 



In some horses the lameness comes on very gradually, 



BONE SPAVIN. while in others it comes on more rapidly. It is usually 



five to eight weeks before any enlargement appears. 



There is marked lameness when the horse starts out, but he usually gets 



over it after driving a short distance, and, if allowed to stand for awhile, 



will start lame again. 



There is sometimes a reflected action, causing a little difference in the 

 tippearance over the hip joint, and if no enlargement has made its appear- 

 ance, a person not having had experience is very liable to be deceived in 

 regard to the true location of the difficulty. The horse will stand on either 

 leg in resting in the stable, but wlken he is resting the lame leg he stands on 

 the toe. 



If the joint becomes consolidated the horse will be stiff in the leg, but 

 may not have much pain. 



Treatment. — That we may not be misunderstood in regard to what we 

 mean by a cure, we would say that we mean to stop the lameness, and in 

 most cases to remove the bunch on such cases as are not past any reasonable 

 liopes of a cure. 



