American farming and stock raising, with useful facts for the household, devoted to farming in all its departments . ined, especially of the drastic drugs usually exhibited. We are very decided opponentsof purgatives in general, and have been gratified by observing that the recent cause of veter-inary practice, both in France and England, is tending to the entire -abandonment of the oldsystem; according to which, every horse, whether anything ailed him or not, was putthrough two annual courses of purgation, each of three doses, in the Spring and Fall, besidehaving to bolt a diuretic ball fortn
American farming and stock raising, with useful facts for the household, devoted to farming in all its departments . ined, especially of the drastic drugs usually exhibited. We are very decided opponentsof purgatives in general, and have been gratified by observing that the recent cause of veter-inary practice, both in France and England, is tending to the entire -abandonment of the oldsystem; according to which, every horse, whether anything ailed him or not, was putthrough two annual courses of purgation, each of three doses, in the Spring and Fall, besidehaving to bolt a diuretic ball fortnightly, or oftener, according to the whim of the groom,when his kidneys no more required stimulation than his hocks did bHstering. Inasmuch as it is generally easier, by proper management and good care, to prevent dis-eases than to cure them after they have been contracted, the former will always prove the DISEASES OF THE HORSE. 803 better method in all respects. The following cut, copied from Kendalls Treatise on TheHorse, shows the location of many of the common diseases of the bones and joints of SKELETON OF THE HORSE. Anchylosis. —This is a stiffening of the joints caused by the bone becoming united bybony material instead of the natural ligament. It is generally produced by extreme hardservice, and especially in horses that are too young for hard work and before the bones andjoints are sufficiently strong to endure the strain. The bones of the back and loins, as wellas the limbs, are liable to become affected in this manner. When this difiSculty exists to aconsiderable extent in the back, the horse will be stifE-backed, and consequently turns around,lies down and gets up with some difficulty. There is no cure for it. Blood Spavin. — This is a somewhat soft swelling caused by an enlargement of thesack which contains the lubricating fluid of the hock joint, giving it a rounded horses and colts, especially if overdriven or worked hard, are mo
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