. Gleason's veterinary hand-book and system of horse taming [microform] : in two parts. Veterinary medicine; Horses; Horse-training; Médecine vétérinaire; Chevaux; Chevaux. 'hi â ' â >â i DISEASES OF THE HORSE. Physiology.âA ^'â anch of medical science treating of the life and functions of organized bodies. Physicking'.âin England, and in some parts of the European con- tinent, a person who does not know how to physic a horse, whether sick or well, is not considered fit to take care of horses. In the United States, the man who knows all about, and recommends physicking under almost


. Gleason's veterinary hand-book and system of horse taming [microform] : in two parts. Veterinary medicine; Horses; Horse-training; Médecine vétérinaire; Chevaux; Chevaux. 'hi â ' â >â i DISEASES OF THE HORSE. Physiology.âA ^'â anch of medical science treating of the life and functions of organized bodies. Physicking'.âin England, and in some parts of the European con- tinent, a person who does not know how to physic a horse, whether sick or well, is not considered fit to take care of horses. In the United States, the man who knows all about, and recommends physicking under almost circumstances, should not be permitted even to take a horse by the head, much less to take care of horses not his own. In an expensive practice of many years, I do not recoUeci a half dozen times, when I either gave or recommended a horse to be physicked ', and no man can show equal success in the treatment of diseases of horses and ca^.tle, let his mode of practice be what it may. Remember, when the bowels are opened, and emptied of their contents, ari important pillar has been taken from under the animal structure. Show me a European book on the dis- eases of animals, which doss not recommend and minutely describe how :o physic a horse, and I will show you a city without walls, without a church, or gymnasium. In this <. onnection, I am sorry to say, that our American author:?, on animal diseases, have copied too closely from European practice, which is utterly unfit for this country, climate and the constitution of all our domestic animals. Pleurisy.âInflammation of the serous membrane covering the lungs, and lining the sides of the chest. (See Lung Diseases.) Pleuro-pneumonia.âInflammation of the covering and substance of the lungs and chest Pl'^urodyiiia.â^This is a rheumatic affection of the intercostal muscles, difiering from pleurisy, from ihere being no constit jtional dis- turbance, little fever and no inflammation. It is treated with a dose or two of


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