162 CO>rPENDIUM OF THE VETERINARY ART. 



Stniiyi of the Stifle. 



In this case the stifli^ joint will be fonnd un- 

 usually hot, tenacT, ana sometimes swollen. 

 The remedies are fomentations, a rowel in the 

 thigh, and a dose of pk^-sic. When by these 

 means the inHanimation of the joint has 

 abated eonsiderably, and at the same time the 

 swelling and lameness continue, the embroca- 

 tion for strains, or a blister, should be applied. 



Strains in the hock joint require the same 

 treatment. 



Strain of the Hip Joints (commonli/ termed 

 JVhirl Bone, or Round Bone.) 



When lameness occurs in the hind leg, the 

 cause of which is too obscure for the farrier's 

 comprehension, he generally pronounces it to 

 be a strain in the round or whirl bone; and 

 with all that affectation of infallibility, so com- 

 monly observed in those gentlemen. I have 

 seen several cases of lameness which were sup- 

 posed to be occasioned by an injury of this 

 part, but after attentive examination an incipient 

 spavin was found to be the cause. I would 

 advise therefore in such cases, that the hock 



