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of the hock only, but round the whole articulation, without including 
the true hock-joint. In young animals three or four months’ confine¬ 
ment in a loose box, with frequent applications of an active blister as 
above; in older ones the firing-iron, followed by blistering—the feet 
being kept level—have proved successful in a large proportion of cases 
treated at the College. 
The treatment of spavin in old animals, for obvious reasons, should 
seldom be recommended or undertaken; but even in them by firing 
and blistering round the entire articulation , benefit will often be derived, 
provided sufficient rest is allowed, and the other conditions necessary 
are attended to. 
RINDERPEST. 
ITS PROPAGATION.—No. 2. 
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\From the National Live Stock Journal, Chicago, Ill.\ 
(Continued from Page 165.) 
In our first article, attention has been drawn mainly to the dangers 
of the diffusion ol rinderpest through the movement of live animals. In 
the present, the propagation of the disease by the products of infected 
animals will especially demand consideration. It may be stated broadly 
that all fresh products of the diseased are infecting, and that contact 
with, and proximity to them, are equivalent to contact with and proxim¬ 
ity to the sick animal itself. But to obtain a clearer view of the subject 
we must take up successively the different methods by which these pro¬ 
ducts are capable of infecting. 
CARCASSES. 
In all veterinary sanitary codes the dangers clustering around the 
carcass of the infected animal are fully recognized, and the law enacts 
that in all but very exceptional cases, the skin shall be deeply gashed by 
crucial incisions so as to render it valueless , that the body shall be buried in 
a secluded place to a depth of not less than six feet , and that a thick layer 
of quicklime shall be laid over it before the grave is filled. In the case of 
sick or dead cattle on shipboard, an easy method of disposing of them 
is sometimes sought by throwing them overboard before reaching port. 
Such carcasses floating ashore are quite as dangerous as the sick animals 
