428 DISEASES AND THEIR TREATMENT. 



remedy occasionally for two or three months, one especially bad, 



caused by an injury down near the hoof. The following is the 



remedy : — 



Oil origanum ! 1 oz. 



Oil of spike , 1 oz. 



Oil of amber 1 oz. 



Spirits of turpentine 1 oz. 



Camphor 1 oz. 



Mix thoroughly, and rub on the enlargement two or three times 

 a week. 



The following is the treatment used by one of the most success- 

 ful veterinary surgeons in this country : — 



First, put on a high-heeled shoe,, then take boiling water, and 

 with a sponge have the curb well bathed for about ten minutes. 

 Then apply the following liniment : — 



Aqua ammonia , 1 oz. 



Tinct. of iodine • :..... 2 oz. 



Glycerine : . . . . .3 oz. 



Apply to the part two or three times a day, until quite sore. 

 Then stop for a 

 few days, when 

 repeat the med- 

 icine as before, 

 and so continue 

 until again sore. 



Bog Spavins 

 and Thor- 



OUGH-PlNS. 



This disease 

 ^IIKISS may be called 



wind-galls of the '^^ESIM;- 



hock, caused, us- 



Fra. 735.— An Ordinary Curb. "ally, by strain Tm 736 _ A Vwy ^ CMfb 

 , and overwork, 



but principally by lunging back upon the hind legs. When the 

 swelling is inside and front of the hock, it is called a bog or blood 

 spavin. This is caused by a distension or rupturing of the mem- 

 branes which cover the synovial cavity of the joint. The swelling 

 is soft, and yields to the pressure of the finger. 



Thorough-pin is of the same character — an enlargement on the 

 back, inside of the upper part of the joint, where in its natural con- 

 dition is a hollow. This swelling extends across under the tendon, 



