Nebraska advertiser., 1860-11-22
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Bone Spavia- Ring Bope- cur5- lgpliat
Il These are All bony excrescepces. thai
occasionally make lheir appearance la ihe
legs Of horses always producing Ane-
ness, often irremoyables rendered sp by
pretended bone-melters, and senseless
bone-cutters, whose very. proPosluon Of
action is the legible signature. Of their
full grown ignor snce of the priuciples Of
anatomy and pathology. With ths ex-
eepaoh of the latter, they are the result
Of domesiiraiiolt, properly termed de-
natVfalizationin tbe arr Of shoeiAg heEses,
Men seem TO ignore the idea, if theY ever
had il. that silosIng was never Int4nded
to make q korse's foot better, b9ptB pros
tect il from the wear and tear .oftbaFd
roads. After sthe decision 1hat an iron
defense. OF. the hoof was beneficial, not
content with making the shoe. on d bar
barous mode only Submitted to from ne-
cessity, but they muse elevate the f5etson
a -pronged fixing called eaulk4,
2thereby subiecllng the qlegs to slipping and
twisting, Irritating the joints increasing
the heat, and baking the cartilage of girls
tie into bone. One would Think that if
men had the right use of their percep-.
liOns, that they might have learnt that
nature thought il proper and necessary
for the terminus of such a heavy body 10
have a secure footing, from the shape Of
the heof. 13a AN
Ring-bone comes on all of the legs at
times, between the ipastern, or ankle joint
and the eoronet,, or top of the hoof. Il
is called rlng-bone from its resemblance
to ring-the enlargement eneircling the
bone Splint comes on the inside of the
leg, under the knee joint never inducing
lameness, unless its proximity TO the JOINT
impedes its action. They seem to be
luxurious sprouting of tho astrological
process, generally disappearing at natu-
rity, or soon after, without the use, of any
remedial agents, Bone spaYin comes on
The inside Of the hind legs, below the hook
JOINTS of 8 conical shape. Curb ap
pears on 4he outside Of the hook joints
an.obIong or egg shape. The exereseences.
are OssIicatiens Of the cartilage, OK grls-
tie, turned into bone. They are not pain
full, because there IS no falling away III
flesh, nor no evidences of derangement
10 the action Of the system, only whenin.
molion, thereby declaring that impedlr
menl 10 the action OF the, j9lnt1E tie why
of the lameness This IS farther evinced
from the fact, that in their incipiency, tie
horse always gets better after using hlm.
Much more might adSantageollsEy be
said onthese ma aIadies, but newspaper
space forb,ds IL The cure consists. Of All
extraction Of the ossl6ed elements, Solu-
nor by supuration is an iimpossibility, and
extirpadon By manipulaGons IS sheer nom
sense, and worse. The following lihi-
ment, if made Of genuine drugs, and as
sidqously and peTseyeringly applied Will
generally be successful in the removal.
when they have MT tranScended the
bounds of durability, which is sometimes
tke case. as si8 Ig
REoEIPT.-Four ozs. strong liquor am
monia four ounces spirits of turpennne;
q draehms eanthafides palverizsd 7 =
esi ef anufn shake np well AID n
saslAe ones day oD ie ealqEB
ti u rais good cg rd
iiald o4zes out freely then cl nlHne
the Use of ne iIhiment, AID grease ttfc
part with hogs lard or sweet oh lo6Ce d
dsv. until the scab exfoliates; azd ~aea
the inflammation that this blislering Ina,
ment made has all subsidized, repeat the
use Of the linament, as at first, until the
enlargement is gone. The animal mnst
not be worked during the activity OF the
blister, as that would make the remedy
worse than the disease. That's all now
JoHN MADDocK,
Vetsrinary Surgeon, Dubuque.