. Elements of hippology. Horses. 116 ELEMENTS OF HIPPO LOGY. before the bony deposit begins, results in bone spavin. Its usual seat is shown opposite the upper turn of the letter S in the word "seat," Figure 78. The usual treatment of a spavin, after the bony deposit has fairly begun, is to stimulate the deposit by artificial inflam- mation until the lowest b o n es are united to the cannon-bone; then to stop the inflamma- tion. Such a spavin is said to be ''cured/7 but it has been cured at the expense of the joint, which has been perman- ently destroy- ed. When the spavin occurs bet
. Elements of hippology. Horses. 116 ELEMENTS OF HIPPO LOGY. before the bony deposit begins, results in bone spavin. Its usual seat is shown opposite the upper turn of the letter S in the word "seat," Figure 78. The usual treatment of a spavin, after the bony deposit has fairly begun, is to stimulate the deposit by artificial inflam- mation until the lowest b o n es are united to the cannon-bone; then to stop the inflamma- tion. Such a spavin is said to be ''cured/7 but it has been cured at the expense of the joint, which has been perman- ently destroy- ed. When the spavin occurs between t h e bones, no visible en- Figure 78. largement results at first, but distressing lameness, due to ulcer- ation of the cartilage, is caused, that is very difficult to locate. This is an occult spavin. A spavined horse goes truer after being warmed up. If, after a sharp gallop, in which he travels true, he is allowed to stand for thirty minutes, and then sharply galloped, he will, QUITTOR FALSE QUART. .. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Marshall, Francis C. (Francis Cutler), b. 1867; United States Military Academy. Dept. of Tactics. Kansas City : Hudson Press
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