CAPPED HOCK.
A German veterinary surgeon, named Krynitz devised a curious, method ,of. treating capped hock which was. said to give satisfactory results. , His plan was to apply a . bandage of strong canvas ' very ; tightly :round the hock so that each turn camo over the'point. The horse was; then, required .. to move, but if the bandage had been protperly put on ho could not-flex-.the joint,.except very slightly; and the horse moved with the limb extended to , rear. After taking about twenty steps tho horse was stopped, when he would' make violent efforts to get rid of the bandage, which ho would eventu-ally,-burst by flexing his hock; and when ■ he accomplished,this it was maintained that " the enlargement .would ibe , found to havo nearly .disappeared. Tho inventor's idea , was that ,tne great pressure ruptured ■ the swelling internally, and the matter contained therein , was dispersed into . the'surrounding .tissues and absorbed. .' "
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 308, 22 September 1908, Page 5
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147CAPPED HOCK. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 308, 22 September 1908, Page 5
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