Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-05-12

Spavlns.


value Of remedies which are claimed to effect
radical cure of Spavius. In reply to cor,
respondent who recommends vinegar, iron
aud salt as remedy the editor says:
Equal parts Of vinegar and water (cold)
may answer the purpose equally well, thereby
reducing inhammatory action, preventing too
great a supply Of blood to the affected part,
to which, ii not arrested, more blood is sent
than is required for the natural wear and
repair, consequently an enlargement is the
result perosteum, Che membrane cover.
ing the bone) is involved, bony matter is
deposited, which, after the absorption Of the
fluid particles, becomes solid bone, which if
situated on the lock joint, is what is called
bone spawn. That the growth Of the trou.
BILE in the early stages may be arrested by
cold bathing, and that absorption may be
hastened by the application Of a stimulant
to the skin afterwards there is no doubt,
but after perfect solidifcation into bone,
nothing but the mallet and chisel will re-
move it all the pretentons Of removing an
organized bone SPAWN in any other man
ner are the results Of ignorance or humbug.
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ment is going on is of vital necessity, viz :
absolute rest. Sometimes, however, the
growth is stopped aud the enlargement is
absorbed, yet the animal is lame when
worked. Why2 Because the artcuar car.
tilege is involved, absorption Of that has
been going on, the natural cushion is gone,
the surfaces Of the bone come together
causing pain and lameness, the cure Of which
is anchyloss, (union Of the boncs) prevent
ing friction in fact it is like soldering them
together. Such animals are useful, and
may work free from iameness during life,
yet, if speedy, it is not reasonable to suppose
they can 20 quite as fast and certainly they
are more liable to be lame after violent work
than those with sound locks Lancet was
a good illustration; one day he could trot in
2.25. another get beaten in 2.35. American
Girl, although very fast, was not always to
be depended upon; she was spawned. An
other horse owned in Connecticut, was
burned at Riverside Park, has been fired
for spawn, trotted in 2.24I. Many 9th.
ers belonging to the turf could be named
affected in the same manner. Among com.
mou road horses there are a large number
with enchylosed hooks, the owners of which
suppose them all right. Doubtless many
of them received the injury when running al
pasture, recovering spontaneously by q
union, before removing to stable in autumn
1t is fair to suppose that many cases which
are heralded as having been cured by somC
specific, would have recovered without, a
well as with. Such however is not Away
the result. An instance which came unde
our own observation may be worth describ
ing, a well bred mare Of great endurance
that could road fifteen miles an hour, 81,
years old, with splendid feet aud legs, wa
found cast in the stable and struggling to ge
up; in few moments she succeeded Of
backing out Of the stable she was lame il
the hooks. The next morning there wa
evidently heat and some swelling. Coli
applications were applied, and absolute res
enjoined. After three months rest, gentl,
exercise daily for a few days was ordered
when the mare appearing sound, she wa
driven carefully, and went free from lame
ness for several weeks. After hard day
drive she relapsed, lame. The same treat
ment for about the same length of time, re
suited in recovery as before. After abou
two moAths work she again became lame
Having given mild treatment a fair trial
more severe measures were adopted. Sh
was fired aud blistered, and after the par
was healed, was turned to pasture. A col
was bred from her, and after sucking tn
colt four months, she was taken to the sta
bic and put to work, and carried the ownc
eleven years free from lameness, and whe
sixteen years old was driven eleven mile
three times in one week, in forty.fve min
; utes each time by the watch. From an III
known cause one of the small bones of tn
forward foot became fractured; she was dc
> stroycd the bones of the hook were pre-
served the union of the cushion bones wa
perfect, accounting for the absence of lam,
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