The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-08-17
Bone SPAWN.

Most everybody knows that this Is {;
bony eNcrescence or hard swelling or
the inside of horses hook. Although
we have, through these columns, otter
stated that, generally, it is an incurablt
ailment- so far at least as the remoya
of the bony deposit is concerned, to-
gether with more or less stiffness of the
Joint, still the request comes for moi
only a sure and permanent cure, but
also for the entire removal of the un.
slightly and characteristic bony pro
truberance.
SPAWN assumes various aspects anC
possesses various virulence, from Sigh;
and easily durable damage to an in
veterate blemish or incurable disease
1t is induced by kicks, bruises, leaping.
overstraining, and rapid galloping, but
especially by the overworking of a young
horse before its limbs have sufficient;
strength, and by faulty and uneven shoe
ing. A SPAWN from a kick or blow il
usually mere bruise on the bone.
or on the membrane which cover:
it, and can easily be cured; 8
SPAWN on the lowest part of the
hook is of less consequence than one
between the small bones of the hook
Joint: a SPAWN near the edge Of the
limb is not so bad. because it does moi
so much affect the bending of the hook,
as one towards the middle: and spawn
of any kind in colt or young horse il
less inveterate than SPAWN of the same
kind in fully matured horse. and very
much less SO than one in a decidedly
old horse
In the earlier stages of spawn, de
gree of lameneSS is always induced
and this is sometimes so great as to rem,
der the animal apparently all but worth
less; but in the maturer stages, wheu
the membrane of the bone becomes &C,
commodated to the eXcreScence, the
lameness decreases and often totally
disappears. A spawned horse is usually
quite able for slow work. and may not
only take part in most of the labor on
the farm, but derive benefit from the
laborious but steady exercise of his
limbs. A farmer will generally pro-
cure such an animal at a comparatively
low price and may find him an excel
lent bargain. The slow. regular and
. heavy action of the limbs in plow-drafi
raises the absorbent system to vigorous
action and incites it to withdraw por-
ton of the bony matter which forms the
excrescence, yet without either renew
inc the local irritation or Inflammation:
and therefore achieves an important
alienation of the disorder.
The proper medical application fol-
any ordinary bone SPAWN is a blister.
The hair covering the affected part
should be cut close to the skin; blister
ing ointment ought, in the morning, &c
be spread thickly over the part, and in
the evening a coat of hogs lard may
be spread over this, and be repeated
once daily, until the scab which forms
after the blistering has peeled Off.
which generally occurs within ten to
twelve days. A second application may
then be made, and this is usually more
effective than the first. and, in the case
of colts or young horses. often completes
the cure. In very bad cases SO many
as six or seven successive applications
of blister NAV be necessary. and they
are not at all likely to aggravate dis
ease or occasion any other blemish, but
on the other hand, will generally effect
q cure; vet, after the second time they
must not be repeated with greater IA
pidity than at intervals of fourteen OF
even twenty-one days. A SPAWN which
involves the joint surfaces of the small
bones. and any ordinary SPAWN in an old
animal may be regarded as incura-
bic. Blistering, at all events, will not
subdue such cases. and either the use of
hot iron or some more powerful agent
than ordinary Spanish fly blister is the
only probable remedy. but ought not to
be employed without full consideration
of risks, and may moi unlikely destroy
the limb or at least greatly aggravate the
existing lameness. The safest method
i'm even the worst cases is to give full
trial to blistering, and when this fails
to rest contented with whatever degree
of amelioration can be obtained from
the slow and steady working of the ami
mal-Prairie Farmer.