Gleason's Veterinary hand-book and system of horse taming .. . om being kicked by another horse. Treatment. Apply cold water cloths to the part for a fewdays, taking them off at night. After the heat and tender-ness have subsided, apply, with rubbing, once every fifthday, for three times, if it be necessary, an ointment com-posed of one drachm of iodide of mercury; and hogs lard,one ounce. Mix. Carditis.—This is applied to disease of the heart. Heart CASTRATION. 57 disease is also known as the Thumps. Incurable. (SeeHeart Disease.) Caries.—This term means an ulceration of the most fre
Gleason's Veterinary hand-book and system of horse taming .. . om being kicked by another horse. Treatment. Apply cold water cloths to the part for a fewdays, taking them off at night. After the heat and tender-ness have subsided, apply, with rubbing, once every fifthday, for three times, if it be necessary, an ointment com-posed of one drachm of iodide of mercury; and hogs lard,one ounce. Mix. Carditis.—This is applied to disease of the heart. Heart CASTRATION. 57 disease is also known as the Thumps. Incurable. (SeeHeart Disease.) Caries.—This term means an ulceration of the most frequent form of caries is seen on the lower jaw-bone ; the teeth are next affected. If the upper teeth beulcerated to any extent, a fetid (stinking) discharge willrun from the nostril upon the side on which the diseasedteeth are situated, which has been repeatedly mistaken forglanders by horse doctors. If caries of the bones of thehead exist, the swelling of the head will be enormous—Big-Head, or Osteoporosis—and not Osteosarcoma, as ithas been BONE FOECEPS. Cause. A disposition in the system to appropriate to thebones more calcareous or earthy matter than is required. Treatment. If caries be confined to the teeth, have themtaken out. When confined to the bones of the head, it The animal will die of hunger, as he is unableto use his tongue and jaws, or gather and chew his , it is not a common disease in the Middle have been many cases in the Western States. Arsenicand the hot iron are there recommended. Better let thehorse die than increase his suffering, as he will die any way. Castration.—This is an operation for the purpose ofdepriving the horse-colt of his entirety by the removal ofthe testes. It is a simple and safe operation. Any personhaving once seen it done, can do it also, if he have the 58 DISEASES OF THE HORSE. resolution to do so. It has been recently demonstratedthat castration can be performed on aged horses
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