510 EING'BOIfE AND SIDE BONE. 



Blistermg. — Sometimes a Blister will speedily disperse a 

 Splint ; in resorting to it, however, there is no necessity to daub 

 a large extent of surface with the ointment. To prevent more 

 of the skin being irritated than is necessary, wrap a bandage 

 around the limb, from below up to the Splint ; then clip the 

 hair away immediately over the enlargement, and apply the 

 blister. In ten or twelve hours afterwards the bandage may be 

 removed, and the blister washed with soap and water and a soft 

 sponge. 



Biniodide of Merewry. — This remedy is sometimes pre- 

 ferred to a blister ; but as the action of the two are so closely 

 similar when used to cases of this nature, it is unnecessary to 

 describe the action of the Biniodide more fully. For every 

 particular relating to the strength of the ointment, see page 390. 



Sometimes it is necessary both to fire and Blister a Spliat, 

 ere the lameness is dispersed. 



HING BONE AND SIDE BONE. 



Eing Bone and Side Bone are diseases of a very similar 

 character. 



The seat of Ring Bone is within and upon the pastern bones 

 (see li, Mg. 31.) The pastern joints of both the fore and hind 

 limbs are alike predisposed to become affected. The disease, as 

 its name implies, extends round the pastern. 



The seat of Side Bone is upon and within the alse of the 

 coffin bone, or at the sides of the foot. Both diseases, unless 

 arrested during their incipient stages, will idtimately give rise 

 to incurable lameness. 



The use of a high-heeled shoe, together with firing and 

 blistering, and allowing the patient long rest in a loose box, are 

 perhaps the most likely modes of effecting a cure. 



