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MANUAL OF MODERN FARRIERY. 
Barbadoes aloes . 
Calomel 
Jalap 
lj ounce, 
2 drachms, 
drachm , 
to be given in the form of a ball. 
RINGBONE. 
This is one of the worst species of lameness which is 
incidental to the horse. Whenever it exists, even in the 
slightest degree, it comes under the character of unsound¬ 
ness, because it is so liable to increase ; and when the bony 
deposit begins to enlarge, the lameness becomes incurable. 
This complaint commences in one of the pasterns, and 
usually near to the joint. It is liable to spread rapidly, 
affecting not only the pastern bones, but also the cartilages 
of the foot. When the first deposit is on and surrounds the 
lower pastern, emanating from a violent inflammation of the 
ligaments, a small enlargement or bony process is to be per¬ 
ceived immediately above the coronet (See plate 6, fig. 8, 
6.) The hind feet are most liable to this complaint, as 
they are subjected to the greatest stress in the force required 
by them to propel the horse, and in this case the back part 
of the foot is most liable to be affected. But the disease is 
not of so serious a nature, being chiefly confined to the 
ligaments, and the bones have not been injured by concus¬ 
sion, to which the fore legs are peculiarly exposed ; conse¬ 
quently, in them, diseases of the bones generally accompany 
ligamentary lameness. 
Remedies. —In the early stages of this complaint, when 
even a bony enlargement is visible on both sides of the 
pastern joint, or on one side only, and the enlargement is 
of but small extent, then there is a probability that it 
may be removed by the application of an active blister, 
or by the use of the cautery. But owing to the extreme 
