Diseases of the horse and how to treat them; a concise manual of special pathology for the use of horsemen, farmers, stock-raisers, and students in agricultural colleges in the United States . ense, the advan-tage of machinery directed by one master mind over the old sys-terei, or rather want of system of individual effort and incongruouslabor, is jjrreat: and it should be the aim of the manufacturer,as self-interest will dictate, to study and experiment to attain the«iost desirable pattern, in width of web, seating, fullering, positionof nail holes, and quality of iron, and the mechanics will
Diseases of the horse and how to treat them; a concise manual of special pathology for the use of horsemen, farmers, stock-raisers, and students in agricultural colleges in the United States . ense, the advan-tage of machinery directed by one master mind over the old sys-terei, or rather want of system of individual effort and incongruouslabor, is jjrreat: and it should be the aim of the manufacturer,as self-interest will dictate, to study and experiment to attain the«iost desirable pattern, in width of web, seating, fullering, positionof nail holes, and quality of iron, and the mechanics will necessarilyadopt his improvements. In short, it should be an aim in shoeing a horse, as in man, tomake a fit as neat and easy, and of as light material as would beadapted to its use^ and experience has proven, that heavy shoeswith high calks and toes, are not necessary for successful haulingover our city cobble stones, or hard roadways. In this article we have given no positive directions for shoeing,judging the art in its present state too imperfect to satisfy thisprogressive age, but have sought rather to stimulate inquiry andex|,eriment, that may lead to improvement in the ADMINISTRATION OF CHLOROFORM, 147 CHAPTER IX. OPERATIONS. j^dministration of Chloroform—Methods of confining the Horse—BUeding—Firing—Setons and Rowels—Blistering— Castration—Docking and Nicking—Unnerving—Reduction of Hernia-^Administration of Physic—Clysters—Back-Raking- ADMINISTRATION OF CHLOROFOIIM. The use of chloroform to procure insensibility to pain is agreat aid to the operator on the horse, who without it acts undergreat difficulties, owing to the nervous twitch which the poor ani-mal gives at each touch of the knife. Under chloroform, however,he lies as if dead ; and as long as its effects continue, the mostelaborate dissection may be conducted with comparative is some little danger of overdoing this powerful agent, butthe risk is not so great as is gen
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