The American reformed horse book : a treatise on the causes, symptoms, and cure of all diseases of the horse, including every disease peculiar to America ; also embracing full information on breeding, rearing, and management designed for popular use . water; afterward wipeddry, and then smeared with a portion of the following: No. 5^. Neats-foot oil 8 oz. Kerosene 4 oi. Lamp-black 1 table-spoonfiil. • London Veterinarian. LAMENESS, FROM VARIOUS CAUSES. 361 Mix well, and apply twice daily, by means of a common varnish-brush. Yery many diseases of the feet, which are of daily occurrence,might be
The American reformed horse book : a treatise on the causes, symptoms, and cure of all diseases of the horse, including every disease peculiar to America ; also embracing full information on breeding, rearing, and management designed for popular use . water; afterward wipeddry, and then smeared with a portion of the following: No. 5^. Neats-foot oil 8 oz. Kerosene 4 oi. Lamp-black 1 table-spoonfiil. • London Veterinarian. LAMENESS, FROM VARIOUS CAUSES. 361 Mix well, and apply twice daily, by means of a common varnish-brush. Yery many diseases of the feet, which are of daily occurrence,might be prevented by. proper attention to the feet. No foot, nohorse; hence the feet need to be kept as free from filth as otherparts of the body. I think that a great majority of Englishgrooms pay as much, if not more, attention to horses feet than toother parts of the body, and thus many forms of foot lameness areavoided. Curvature and Disease of the Spini ( Sway Back/* Hollow Back ). The annexed engraving, represents a case of curvature of thespine in a downward direction, known in stable language as hol-low back. It usually, when it makes its appearance, occurs inaged horses, and probably arises from putting too much weightCO the animaPs SECTION OF THE SPINE. It will be observed that two of the superior spinous processesof the vertebrae are united (anchylosed), and ossific deposits arethrown out on the surfaces of the spine. On the lower part, be-neath the diseased spine, a cleft is seen, showing that there is anincomplete dislocation, and the capsular ligament was probablydislocated or torn. It may be interesting to the reader to know, if he does notalready, that the bones, like other parts of the body, are composedof arteries, veins, absorbent vessels, nerves, and a cellular are endowed with vitality, are nourished, grow, waste, andare repaired, and undergo various mutations, according to the ageof the animal; and they are subject to disease analagous to th
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