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Impatient horses sometimes strike the manger and bring about 

 the enlargement in that way. The amount of Elhman's used is 

 not so important as the friction or massage employed in bringing 

 about a healthy action in the secretion while dispersing the 

 abnormal fluid. 



CAPPED ELBOW, 



This very unsightly injury may be caused by the heel 

 of the shoe when lying down. Horses which have a habit 

 of scraping away their bedding may also bring about this 

 disfigurement, by pressure of the elbow on the hard floor. 



Treatment. —No remedy is better than Elliman's, if the 

 case be taken in time. 



The swelling at first is composed entirely of fluid, and the 

 Elliman's will greatly excite its absorption. It should be 

 employed with plenty of friction and kneading with the fingers. 

 A pad should be used to prevent recurrence of the injury. 



Prevention. — A liberal supply of beddirig. 



CAPPED HOCK, 



The cause of capped hock is the same as capped elbow 

 and timber leap, namely, an engorgement of the oil sac or 

 bursae, which nature provides to prevent friction. 



All these swellings become permanently hardened and im- 

 movable (without a surgical operation), unless promptly taken in 

 hand while in the soft or fluid state. 



Treatment. — What has been said about the elbow applies 

 equally to the hock. 



