OCCULT SPAVIN. 311 
days, some of the embrocation recommended in the article on “ Rheu- 
matism,” which is thus composed: of soap liniment, sixteen ounces; 
liquor ammonia, tincture of cantharides, and of laudanum, of each two 
ounces. There need be no fear of applying friction; the utmost press- 
ure made upon an ulcerated joint can call forth no response. When 
the joint is embrocated, wrap the part loosely in flannel, using an elastic 
webbing to fasten the portion above and below the hock, and not tying 
any fastening around the painfully-diseased member; give three feeds of 
corn, a few old beans, and sweet hay for each day’s support, while the 
treatment lasts. 
The improvement will be denoted by the animal bearing upon the 
affected limb; after three months or longer, the slings may be removed; 
in another three months, the horse, should the pace be sound, may per- 
form gentle work. However, the first three months must be reckoned 
from the date when the animal commenced to bear continuously on the 
ulcerated joint; in short, the slings are not to be removed until long 
after the quadruped has, by its carriage, declared them to be useless. 
Then, for the three subsequent months, the work must not be violent; 
time should be allowed for the union to be confirmed, for, among the 
many diseases the horse is exposed to, there is not one more treacherous 
or more liable to relapse than occult spavin. 
Such is all that is necessary for the treatment of this disorder; rest— 
perfect rest, with food capable of supporting nature in the reparative pro- 
cess—is everything which is absolutely necessary. A loose 
box even does injury, so entire must be the rest, which 
should be as near to stagnation as it is possible to make 
it. The embrocation is simply recommended to draw 
blood to the part, and promote the required deposition. 
One caution only is necessary—give no purgative; keep 
the bowels regular by means of cut grass and bran 
mashes. 
If the above measures fail, as in the majority of cases 
they certainly will, nevertheless good will have been done 
by abating the violence of the ulcerative process. Before 
the last resort of all is adopted, another chance remains, 
which, as an experiment, is justifiable. Puncture the 
joint—a very small incision will be required; have the "Soyus or rie 
limb forcibly retracted or pulled backward; then inject, Pern werens 
with a syringe having a fine point, about one ounce of — NUMIE JHE Ul 
dilute spirits of wine, in which is dissolved half a drachm —*X9 *OPWARP- 
of iodine. Immediately afterward place the animal in slings, and apply 
cold water to the hock by means of the India-rubber bandage described 
