. The standard horse book, comprising the taming, controlling and education of unbroken and vicious horses. cular Boneand Pedal Bone Greatly Reduced in Size. If there is much lameness and heat in the foot, provide a tub or box, in which put water as hot as can be borne with the hand, and sufficient to come up even with the ankle, and let the horse stand with the foot in it for about an hour, keeping the temperature up to the point stated. Now take a bag or cloth, into which put a suffi-cient quantity of bran to envelop the foot thoroughly, and tie loosely around the foot or ankle ; pour on hot
. The standard horse book, comprising the taming, controlling and education of unbroken and vicious horses. cular Boneand Pedal Bone Greatly Reduced in Size. If there is much lameness and heat in the foot, provide a tub or box, in which put water as hot as can be borne with the hand, and sufficient to come up even with the ankle, and let the horse stand with the foot in it for about an hour, keeping the temperature up to the point stated. Now take a bag or cloth, into which put a suffi-cient quantity of bran to envelop the foot thoroughly, and tie loosely around the foot or ankle ; pour on hot water moderately, and then let the horse stand, allowing the poultice in the meantime to become cool. If there is much in-flammation andlameness, thismethod of hotfomentation maybe repeated twoor three timesduring the day,until all the in-flammation sub-sides. The usualmethod of apply-ing hot fomenta-tions is to takeseveral thick-nesses of blanketor rugs, and afterwringing themFig. 757.—The Navicular Bone Fractured. Fool Bone Greatly out of water asReduced in Size, Weakening the Fiber/ hot as can be. 440 DISEASES AND TIIRIR rUEATMENT. borne, bring them around the foot loosely, and repeat at shortintervals as they become cool ; or a lot of bran or mud can be putinto a box, and hot water poured on until at the temperaturedesired, when the foot can be placed in it up to the ankle, as beforeexplained. The general practice is to tie a poultice of bran aroundthe foot, and keep wet with cold water until the inflammation sub-sides, which would be good treatment ; but if there is much inflam-mation and lameness, I would certainly advise, as far as practicable,hot fomentations continued for iihout an hour, then alternating with cold, and repeatedtwo or three timeseach day ; but lettingthe poultice or clothsremain on until coolwill be sufficient forreaction from the pre-\ious application ofheat. If cold applicationsare used, it is impor-tant that there be suf-ficient bran or wetcloths
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