1890-11-10 Letter: Gray and Chestnut Mares, 2014.020.013-012

[in pencil] Subject: Gray Mare

VETERINARY DEPARTMENT, HARVARD UNIVERSITY, No. 50 Village Street, Boston, Nov. 10^th 1890

To Supt. Mt. Auburn Cemetery [Assn.?]

Dear Sir

Would say that this Gray Horse sent here for examination is lame in the hock joint. -- The trouble is spavin. The treatment that I should advise would be filling & blistering, which would necessitate laying him off work for about 10 weeks. Not knowing if you would care to lay him off that length of time, I send with him some liniment to be rubbed into the part, and would advise resting him for about a week and then putting him in light work. If this does not improve him then he should be [fired & blistered?]. The Chestnut mare is showing no bad behavior just now her trouble I think due to some^{irritation of her} sexual organs which I think may pass off entirely. I send

VETERINARY DEPARTMENT, HARVARD UNIVERSITY, No. 50 Village Street, Boston, 189[0]

for her a package of powder which I think will help her. If she does not improve should like to hear from you as perhaps I could suggest something else that would help her

Very truly

E.S. Beckett