. A treatise on the horse and his diseases : illustrated, containing an "Index of diseases," which gives the symptoms, cause, and the best treatment of each, a table giving all the principal drugs ..., a table with an engraving of the horse's teeth at different ages ..., a valuable collection of receipts, and much other valuable information. and of inflam-matory action in the young. By long continued labor, from twelve to-eighteen hours each day, the horse, already debilitated, is by abuse made afit subject for water farcy. It is the custom of some tofeed largely on Saturday nightand not to vi
. A treatise on the horse and his diseases : illustrated, containing an "Index of diseases," which gives the symptoms, cause, and the best treatment of each, a table giving all the principal drugs ..., a table with an engraving of the horse's teeth at different ages ..., a valuable collection of receipts, and much other valuable information. and of inflam-matory action in the young. By long continued labor, from twelve to-eighteen hours each day, the horse, already debilitated, is by abuse made afit subject for water farcy. It is the custom of some tofeed largely on Saturday nightand not to visit again until Mon-day morning, wiien they areliable to find the animal, socruelly treated, with one sw^ollenleg. The horse holds the leg upas seen in the engraving, andwill generally be lame. He isin too much pain, and is tootired, to eat, but will be verythirsty on account of the agonieswhich his cruel treatment has brought upon him. When water farcyoccurs, let it be understood that it is because the horse has been worked too-long and too hardly, and that if the animal is not better cared for. Farcywill be the result. Treatmenf.—hei the w^ork be lighter, the nourishment sufficient andof better quality, and the stable kept clean and well ventilated. Lead thehorse out, two or three times a day, for gentle exercise. As soon as the. THE drivers first VISIT ONMONDAY M0RNINC4 WIND GALLS. 3^ limb will bear friction let it be well rubbed with the hands, and this repeatedoften. Bathe with cold water and rub dry. If the lameness and swellingcontinue, take two parts of alcohol and one of Kendalls Spavin Cure, mix,and bathe the leg with the mixture, and rub w^ell. Then take iodide ofpotassium, one drachm; pulv. gentian, one drachm; , one drachm;sulphate of iron, one drachm; linseed meal, two ozs.; make into a ball, andgive at one dose, repeating every day for several days. Prepare the above balls as they are wanted each day, because the iodideof potassium should be kept in
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