CAPPED ELBOW. 



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TREATMENT. — ^We oan generally arrest its development if we 

 treat it properly in its earliest stage. With this object in view, 

 we should provide against the predisposing causes, by giving the 

 animal a soft bed to lie on, and let him have full length of 

 tying-up rope, if he is in a stall. We should remove the shoe, 



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or get the horse shod with short shoes, and at night cover the 

 heel with ,some soft material, such as felt, so that the shoe may 

 not hurt the elbow ; or tie him up. Or we may apply a kind of 

 pillow round his fore arm, or round his pastern ; so that, when he 



