The horse and other live stock . several days; if, however, the collo-dion adheres well, this is not of so much importance. SWEENIE. This imaginary disease has been the occasion of the inflictionof much cruelty and unnecessary torture upon the horse. No 298 OSTITIS. respectable veterinary author recognizes any such symptoms which accompany its supposed existence arebut sympathetic effects, or atrophy of the muscles of theshoulder. The attention of the horse-owner is directed to awasting away or lessening of these muscles, which from wantof action naturally become smaller or contrac
The horse and other live stock . several days; if, however, the collo-dion adheres well, this is not of so much importance. SWEENIE. This imaginary disease has been the occasion of the inflictionof much cruelty and unnecessary torture upon the horse. No 298 OSTITIS. respectable veterinary author recognizes any such symptoms which accompany its supposed existence arebut sympathetic effects, or atrophy of the muscles of theshoulder. The attention of the horse-owner is directed to awasting away or lessening of these muscles, which from wantof action naturally become smaller or contracted; upon the animals regaining the natu cles are again developed, as arm by the constant mer. Cases called the result of injury as the knee, When the the foot ground, it ed upon is not in the eq:testr, the shouldcr ; if however, the leg drags with the toe on the ground, the injury may be looked for in that locality. It is, however, more easy to decide a case of shoulder lameness than any other to which the limb is ral use of the limb, the mus-the muscles of the smithsuse of the sledge ham-sweenie are invariablyin some remote parts,the foot, etc.—animal picks up^clear from themay be depend-that the injury OSTITIS. This is an inflammation of the bone, occasioning lamenessof an obscure nature, and is one of the most difficult of allcases of lameness to detect. Where it occurs in the cannonbone, it is often mistaken for a thickening of the integuments. Treatment — Cold bandages, lead water, rest, with dailyhalf-drachm doses of iodide of potassa dissolved in a pail of CAPULET AND CAPPED HOCK. 299 water, will usually prove successful if the treatment be per*-Beveriugly adopted. CAPULET AND CAPPED HOCK. There are generally serous abscesses, produced by blow?,bruises, strains, or injuries from any cause. Capulet is an en-largement at the point of the elbow, and is generally caused bylying on the heels of the shoe, which bruise the part. Cappedhock is found at the poi
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