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or no pain on pressure in this stage, and no positive lameness ; but 

 there is a peculiar rotary motion of the limb, from the other muscles 

 having no counter-balancing power. This is sometimes mistaken by 

 non-professional men for dislocation of the shoulder joint. This, 

 however, cannot occur, unless it is accompanied by severe laceration, 

 or even fracture. 



Treatment. — In the first instance, rest and hot fomentations are 

 indicated, which, as the process of reproduction begins, should be 

 followed by. stimulant embrocations or mild blisters, frequently re- 

 peated, with moderate walking exefcise. In this case, we must 

 trust more to nature than medicine ; and in time the muscles will be 

 reproduced, and by gentle work and well-fitting harness he will be- 

 come as sound as ever. Many do, 

 nothing for them, but turn them 

 to pasture, and in most cases they 

 come up all right. 



The simplest and most effective 

 treatment for filling up the shoulder 

 is the rubbing on thoroughly with 

 the hand of soft soap, to which a 

 little salt has been added. This do 

 four or five times in the course of a 

 week. This simple remedy, which 

 is very effectual for this purpose, 

 has been kept as a great secret by a 

 leading horseman in Toledo, Ohio, 

 who has repeatedly sold it for five 

 dollars, first showing ■ its effect in 

 filling up the shoulder, when he 

 . could easily sell the prescription. 



Hip Lameness. 



Pig. 868.— An Ideal Representation of Hi* 

 Shoulder with Sweeney. 



Sprain of the whirl, or round bone, as it is commonly called, 

 consists of a sprain of the round ligament of the femur, which holds 

 the ball in the socket. Sometimes it is almost torn asunder ; but so 

 strong is this articulation, that dislocation cannot occur, except as 

 an accompaniment of fracture. 



Symptoms. — Very seldom any external swelling unless it is very 

 severe, and the muscle? surrounding the joint are involved ; when 

 by making him stand square on his hind legs, and standing directly 

 behind him, and comparing one hip with the other, any enlargement 

 can be easily detected. Sometimes we have heat and tenderness ; 



