. The American farmer's horse book; a pictorial cyclopedia of facts concerning the prominent breeds ... Horses. 346 THE AMERICAN FARMEK S HORSE BANDAGES FOll THE FRONT AND SIDES OF THE NECK. eration is likely to be followed by serious trouble from the con- traction of the canal in healing; in some cases the oesophagus narrows to a very serious extent. After removing the obstruction, the edges of the wound should be stitched together, and a bandage, similar to the illustration, may be used to retain the dressing in place. The dressing will consist of a piece of cotton batting, as directe
. The American farmer's horse book; a pictorial cyclopedia of facts concerning the prominent breeds ... Horses. 346 THE AMERICAN FARMEK S HORSE BANDAGES FOll THE FRONT AND SIDES OF THE NECK. eration is likely to be followed by serious trouble from the con- traction of the canal in healing; in some cases the oesophagus narrows to a very serious extent. After removing the obstruction, the edges of the wound should be stitched together, and a bandage, similar to the illustration, may be used to retain the dressing in place. The dressing will consist of a piece of cotton batting, as directed for wounds, and it will have to be re- newed every day at the first, but may be dispensed with as soon as the edges of the wound have healed. VI. The Horse's Stomach and its Pe- culiarity. The main function of the stomach in all animals consists in soften- ing down the food. The remaining operations are carried on in the intestines, which, by their great length, presenting an immense ex- tent of surface filled with absorbents, are especially adapted to their performance. A remarkable peculiarity of the stomach in the horse is strikingly indicative of its limited part in the functions of diges- tion. As is well known, it is the mucous membrane that is furnished with the minute absorbents, whose office it is to take up the digested particles of food, in the form of chyle, and transfer them to the gen- eral circulation. While this coating lines the entire inner surface of the intestines, not more than one-third of that of the stomach is simi- larly provided. Though apparently free from bilious disorders, the horse is fre- quently a sufferer from various derangements of the digestive func- tions, some of which are liable to assume the gravest character quite suddenly. VII. Bots. This is the proper place to consider this so-called disease, whose supposed frequency and fatality render it a subject of deep interest to every proprietor of the horse. It has given rise to numberless th
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