36 HORSES. 



bones, but comparatively there is less movement between them. 

 They are united by a number of small ligaments, and these are 

 liable to suffer sprain in jumping, galloping, or drawing in 

 harness. What is called a " sprung " hock is a very serious 

 matter, and all thought of working the horse must be abandoned 

 for a long time. It is an injury in which many of the smaller 

 ligaments are affected, and inflammation of the covering of the 

 bones is also present. 



A sprung hock is a case for a veterinary surgeon. The 

 hock is subject to minor strains in which only one or two 

 ligaments are involved, and here EUiman's is the remedy. 

 Additional heat and tenderness may be discovered on one side 

 of the joint, perhaps, and a few good rubbings with the 

 EUiman's, and rest, may be all that is required. Below the 

 hock all the parts correspond to the front leg already described. 

 The treatment is the same. 



OTHER INJURIES TO JOINTS, TENDONS, 

 LIGAMENTS, &c* 



Besides the frequent lamenesses brought about by strains, 

 there are many injuries from blows, which call for remark as 

 being amenable to treatment by EUiman's. External violence 

 causes inflammation, not by undue elongation of the parts 

 affected, as described in speaking of sprains, but by sudden 

 compression. If the force of the blow is sufficient, death of the 

 part follows, as in the treads which heavy horses inflict upon one 

 another, and upon themselves, in turning in harness. Nature 

 sets about getting rid of the dead tissue, and, in surgical 

 language, " sloughs " it. Dressing with EUiman's will here be 

 useful. Injuries less serious also result in inflammation {see 

 page 58). Kicks and blows on the knee, hock, fetlock, stifle, 

 the pastern, shin, back, tendons, and about the head and body, 

 are best treated by fomentation, followed by rubbing with 



