134 PRIVATE PRESCRIPTIONS 
HOW TO KNOW IT. 
On the ianer front of the hock we find a soft swelling 
resembling a windgall In severe cases there is lameness, 
but in mild ones there is little if any. 
WHAT “TO “DO 
Puncture swelling with a sharp instrument just through 
the skin some twenty-five or thirty times. When this is 
done use the following: 
PRESCRIPTION. 
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Oil of Spike .° 2. 0) <') 00. Gites a> eaten 
Oil of Origanum . .-. . 9... « ¢ 2 otimees 
Camphor Guim. .. 2... 2.01 gato 
Oilsok Tat. 50, 2 ac ee Be aa ee ac 
Nicohol,q s ad. . $4 G5/2°2 (re m@ tian: 
Mix and apply twice a day. 
Blood Spavin. 
This is a distension of a vein as it passes over the en- - 
largement of bone spavin, the vein being constricted the 
blood is dammed up. 
HOW TO KNOw IT. 
On the inside of the hock and just above the joint we 
find a soft swelling as in bog spavin, only a little higher 
up and farther inside the leg 
WHAT TO DO. 
Puncture place as in bog spavin and use liniment pre- 
scribed in wirecuts for ten days. Should this fail to re- 
lieve the trouble an operation will be necessary. 
