158 RURAL VETERINARY SECRETS 



the affected limb, and have an assistant to draw the limb well forward, 

 the hand being used to press the bone forward and inwards at the same 

 time, when it will usually fly into place with a sharp click. Once in 

 place it is best retained there by keeping the limb well forward by 

 means of a side line and by the use of a stifle shoe (a shoe with a piece 

 of iron projecting in front four or live inches) on the foot of the af- 

 fected limb. A smart blister. hJk's \'esicant, applied twice at an inter- 

 val of two weeks, will assist in repairing the injury. That the animal 

 should be rested during the treatment every sensible person will under- 

 stand. Treatment in these cases should be prompt. 



When the lesion occurs the limb aft'ected if stiff, nailed to the 

 ground as it were, kept out behind the body and if made to move is 

 dragged with the toe down. The wall and even the front of the pastern 

 may be on the ground. The animal moves with very great difficulty. 



