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SPAVIN. 



Natural action 

 brought forward 



Effect of a bad 

 ppavin. Leg not 

 brought forward. 



But ice do not mean to be under- 

 stood that in a case of anchylosis 

 (stiff-joint) we can again restore the 

 joint to its original condition; for 

 this is an impossibility, owing to the 

 union of the two bones making 

 them as one. Neither do we mean 

 that, in any ordinary case of bone 

 spavin which has become com- 

 pletely ossified (that is, the bunch 

 become solid bone), that, in such a 

 case, the enlargement w^ill be re- 

 moved. 



In any bony growths, like spavin 

 or ring-bone, it will be exceedingly difficult to determine just wiien there is 

 a sufficient deposit of phosphate of lime so that it is completely ossified, for 

 the reason that in some cases the lime is deposited faster than in others, and 

 therefore one case may be completely ossified in a few months, while in 

 another it will be as many years. 



The cases which are not completely ossified are those that we claim to 

 remove. One of this class which we have seen removed was a large bone 

 spavin of four or five 5'ears standing, and we think that a large per cent, of 

 cases are not fully ossified for several months or years. 



We are w^ell aware that many good horsemen say that it is impossible to 

 cure spavins, and, in fact, this has been the experience of horsemen until 

 the discovery of Kendall's Spavin Cure. It is now known that the treat- 

 ment which we recommend here will cure nearly every case of bone spavin 

 which is not past any reasonable hopes of a cure, if the directions are fol- 

 lowed, and the horse is properly used. 



In using Kendall's Spavin Cure apply it two or three times a day, until 

 the lameness has all subsided, and then gradually decrease the quantity 

 used, or only apply it once or twice a day. 



If it is necessary to use the horse much, apply only at night. When the 

 enlargement has been removed, the medicine may be left off, and the horse 

 should have several weeks' rest. Although some horses can be put at light 

 work as soon as the cure is complete, yet we would recommend that all be 

 allowed to rest for several wrecks. 



Some have an erroneous idea, thinking that, in using a bottle of Ken- 

 dall's Spavin Cure, it makes no difference about the time taken to apply 

 it, and therefore have used the whole of a bottle in two or three days, 

 and, as they see no perceptible change, they discard the medicine before 

 it has had time to take any effect. To such we would say, only a little 



