Gleason's horse book The only authorized work by America's king of horse tamers, comprising history, breeding, training, breaking, buying, feeding, grooming, shoeing, doctoring, telling age and general care of the horse . ery step the horse is no disease this can be mistaken for in the hind leg or fracture is produced in a moment; and even whilst the horseis trotting, he will stop all at once as if he were shot. Fractureof the hip, I say hip—so that the unprofessional reader will betterunderstand—but it is the bone of the pelvis. The mere name willnot amount to much, for t
Gleason's horse book The only authorized work by America's king of horse tamers, comprising history, breeding, training, breaking, buying, feeding, grooming, shoeing, doctoring, telling age and general care of the horse . ery step the horse is no disease this can be mistaken for in the hind leg or fracture is produced in a moment; and even whilst the horseis trotting, he will stop all at once as if he were shot. Fractureof the hip, I say hip—so that the unprofessional reader will betterunderstand—but it is the bone of the pelvis. The mere name willnot amount to much, for the treatment is: Let it alone, and it willget well in three months of itself without any interference frommedicine or art. Turn the horse out for a few months, either inpasture or in the barn-yard, and give him plenty to eat. Fracture of the ribs will require no treatment, except it may bea few days rest. Sometimes a swelling may be seen on the sideof a horse having a broken rib, in a few days after the accidentIt may form an abscess; if so, have it opened to let out the mat-ter ; and if it should not become soft and hold matter, let it alone,as it will do little harm; or, make the application for a f3w times,. THE SUNG IN USE. -329- say once a week for three weeks, of the ointment of iodine. (SeePrescriptions and Medicines.) Fractures of the simple kind take place in various parts of thebody, and when such is the case, and they do not interfere withany action or function of the body, they can be assisted only in sofar as bandage and splint are concerned, so as to secure the endsin proper position. This will require some ingenuity, and cannotbe described, as a bone is not always broken at one place, nor is italways of one set kind of break. The means will on these occa-sions have to meet the ends required of them in the best waypossible. Sometimes pieces of broken bone will have to be takenout, where the bone has become detached. If this occur in thebones of the leg, of cou
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