The new system of educating horses, including instructions on feeding, watering, stabling, shoeing, etc with practical treatment for diseases . n of iodine or cantharides will benecessary; but much better would be the actual cautery inan operators hands. Clip the hair closely over a largesurface four or five inches above and below the enlarge-ment, and then out to the middle of the back and fore-parts of the leg. Any of the stron^j blisters recommendedfor spavins, for which formulas are given below, are to beused. If a blister, rub it in well with the hand for tenminutes or more. In two days p
The new system of educating horses, including instructions on feeding, watering, stabling, shoeing, etc with practical treatment for diseases . n of iodine or cantharides will benecessary; but much better would be the actual cautery inan operators hands. Clip the hair closely over a largesurface four or five inches above and below the enlarge-ment, and then out to the middle of the back and fore-parts of the leg. Any of the stron^j blisters recommendedfor spavins, for which formulas are given below, are to beused. If a blister, rub it in well with the hand for tenminutes or more. In two days put on some grease. Whenthe inflammation goes down, wash with warm water andcastile soap, and when dry put on more blister, and so re-peat, keeping up just as much irritation as you can withoutdestroying the hair. In the meantime, the horse must bekept in a comfortable stall, for one of the conditions of cureis rest. Keep up the inflammation in this way for four orfive weeks, after which give a run to grass. It is sometimesnecessary to blister lightly, if the lameness does not disap-pear, in six or eight weeks, which may be repeated a few. 170 DISEASES AND THEIR TREATMENT. times, with iodine ointment in the proportion of one partof iodine to four of lard. Work should be light, if any, withinthree months. This treatment will usuallycure without leaving a blemish. Treat ringbones on the same off the hair and blister in the samemanner, observing the same condition ofrest. As regards taking off the enlarge-ment, this treatment is as effectual towardsthat end as can be used. Several of the very best recipes for thecure of spavins and ringbones will be Ringbone. fo^Jld below-. , .V ^ Bear m mmd, you must always clip thehair off of the part to be blistered, and that the medicinemust be rubbed in well with the hand for ten minutes. VERY STRONG BLISTER FOR SPAVINS, RINGBONES, CURBS, ETC. Finely powdered cantharides, i oz.; powdered euphor-bium, 2 drams; lard i oz.; tar, 2
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