The art of taming and educating the horse : with details of management in the subjection of over forty representative vicious horses, and the story of the author's personal experience : together with chapters on feeding, stabling, shoeing, and the practical treatment for sickness, lameness, etc: with a large number of recipes . synovial cavity of the sw^elling is soft, and yields to the press-ure of the finger. Thorough-pin is of the same character—an enlargement on the back, inside of theupper part of the joint, where in its naturalcondition is a hollow. This swelling extendsacross
The art of taming and educating the horse : with details of management in the subjection of over forty representative vicious horses, and the story of the author's personal experience : together with chapters on feeding, stabling, shoeing, and the practical treatment for sickness, lameness, etc: with a large number of recipes . synovial cavity of the sw^elling is soft, and yields to the press-ure of the finger. Thorough-pin is of the same character—an enlargement on the back, inside of theupper part of the joint, where in its naturalcondition is a hollow. This swelling extendsacross under the tendon, forming a tumorbetween the calcis and thigh bone. It issimply a rupture of the synovial membraneallowing the synovia to escape. By press-ing upon one side, the swelling is pushedthrough to the other side; and sometimesthere is connection with swelling in front. These enlargementsrarely cause lameness, though sometimes they may cause inflam-mation of the parts involved. There is no satisfactory treatment for these difficulties. Blister-ing sharply is the treatment usually pursued. If this fails, firingis the last resort. There is no difiiculty in bringing down an en-largement of an ordinary bog spavin by blistering, but as soon asthe horse is put to work or strained in the least, it is liable to come. Fig. 679.—Bog or bloodspavin. DISEASES OF THE BONES. 775 back again. There is a remedy I have found to work with greatsuccess in tlio removal of these synovial enlargements during theiracute stage. In making a campaign through Wisconsin, in 1867, one ofmy trained horses acted so rebellious oneday that I was compelledto force him back sharply with a whip, throwing him upon hishaunches. Soon after the diive, when cool, he acted quite soreand stiff, showing quite an enlargementof the hock. I supposed the horse wasspoiled. During the day a half drunkenfollow, in looking at the horses, said thathe could remove that enlargement, andcure it. Considering the case incu
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