36 CANADIAN HOESE AND HIS DISEASES. 



must be given, and to prevent its recurrence, the stifle may 

 be blistered. 



A very good plan with colts, in which it frequently comeS 

 out, is to remove the patient to a loose-box, with a level, 

 even floor ; and to put a shoe on, with a tip projecting m 

 front about two or three inches, slightly turned up, -v^hich 

 wiU keep the muscles attached to it on the stretch, and so 

 prevent it slipping out again. This may be worn for one 

 or two months, as required. 



