. Horse welfare : the "Giles" method of veterinary treatment : the original methods employed by Dr. Giles in an experience of over fifty years : enables one to treat successfully all ailments incident to the horse : to effect more cures than professionals employing any other treatment and prevent troubles they cannot avert .. . soothing. SOAKING OR TUBBING. THIS is one of the relics of ancient equine treatment. It is actual-ly a crime to make horses stand in a tub of hot, cold or warm wa-ter, no matter what reason is given for it. Such treatment, re-gardless of the temperature of the wate
. Horse welfare : the "Giles" method of veterinary treatment : the original methods employed by Dr. Giles in an experience of over fifty years : enables one to treat successfully all ailments incident to the horse : to effect more cures than professionals employing any other treatment and prevent troubles they cannot avert .. . soothing. SOAKING OR TUBBING. THIS is one of the relics of ancient equine treatment. It is actual-ly a crime to make horses stand in a tub of hot, cold or warm wa-ter, no matter what reason is given for it. Such treatment, re-gardless of the temperature of the water, is most favorable to the pro-duction of cracked heels. Not only that, but it takes the natural oilfrom healthy hoofs and leaves them dry and brittle, susceptible to everyhoof trouble known. In fact, the soaking of any part of the body, skinor hoofs, with water has a deleterious effect. The pressure caused by thecontraction of the tissues on the application of cold water, ice or anyrefrigerant lotion, checks the normal action of the capillaries and ar-rests all vital action, so that no benefit is gained in acute inflammation,for which it is generally used. The early application of hot or cold waterto sprains may have some little merit; but in such slight degree, as com-pared to GILES, that it might as well be thrown Healthy Foot HORSEWELFARE. 23 MOST EFFECTIVE WAYS OF ADMINISTERING GILES. THE most economical and effective means of administeringGILES, either by the mouth, nostrils, rectum, vagina or ure-thra, is by use of a 2-ounce syringe with a point or nozzle sixincnes in length. The Perfect syringe, which is a part of the GILESVeterinary Outfit, illustrated and described on page 137, possesses su-perior merits over all others. To those with a preference for a plungersyringe, the GILES Faultless, shown on page 132, will be found tobe the best syringe of the plunger type on the market It is essential to best results chat the dose, which averages twoounces, be so intr
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