New Manual of Homeopathic Veterinary Medicine (Paperback)

Book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1873. Excerpt: ... which cases its origin is at once perceived; but where the disease has manifested itself, independent of such palpable evidence, we must, with the aid of a ball iron, carefully examine the larynx itself for tumors or the lodgement of foreign bodies within and around the laryngeal opening, and if such be found, their removal, as a matter of course, is absolutely necessary. If the affection proceeds from Laryngitis, Strangles, Abscesses of the Neck, etc., for the proper treatment to pursue see the various articles in this volume on the diseases in question. If, however, it arise without any apparent cause, Bromine is the remedy; use it in five-drop doses of the first dilut;on." Spavin. Diagnosis--Inflammation and exudation of the bony substance from an osseous tumour in the region of the hock; or accumulation of lymphatic humours in the same region. At first the animal seems to be afraid of freely using one or the other hind legs, and a little lameness is perceived at the commencement of moving. Afterwards, when returning to the stable after an exertion, the horse stands upon the toe of the affected limb, limps considerably on turning about and when commencing to walk; after walking a little the lameness disappears, and is only perceived again after the horse has been standing a few minutes. At this period we begin to notice a swelling in the region of the hock, accompanied by increasing lameness or complete stiffness; this swelling is either hard and bony, or soft. "We distinguish several varieties of spavin, according to locality and character. Spavin may be a soft swelling of the femoral vein running along the inner surface of the hock; or a hot, painful and laming swelling, extending from the posterior border of the hock downwards, and best seen on looking laterally; afterwards th...