injuries feel hot.

_The preventive treatment_ consists in hobbling the hind limbs of a horse
that kicks in the stable. This is usually necessary only at night. It may
be advisable to pad certain parts of the stall. Horses that are transported
in cars should be protected against injuries during transit by the use of
proper care and such arrangement of the animals in the car as may expose
them to the least injury. Recent injuries should be treated by the
application of cold and rest.

After the inflammation has subsided tincture of iodine or blisters may be
applied. The treatment of bursal enlargements is surgical. This consists in
opening the bursa, destroying the lining membrane of the cavity and
treating the part daily until healed. The operation must be performed
carefully, as there is danger of infection with irritating organisms. The
animal should be given complete rest until the part is healed. Tincture of
iodine may be applied to the enlargement that may remain after healing has
occurred. This should be continued daily until the skin becomes noticeably
irritated. The treatment may be repeated, if necessary, after an interval
of two weeks.

[Illustration: FIG. 50.--Curbs.]

CURB.--This term is applied to all swellings on the posterior border of the
hock (Fig. 50). Thickenings or enlargements in this region may involve a
variety of structures. Thickening of the skin, tendons and sheath may
occur. The large ligament that extends from the posterior border of the
bone that forms the summit of the hock to the external splint bone, and
acts as a stay for the point of the hock, is the structure usually involved
in curb.