. Gleason's veterinary hand-book and system of horse taming [microform] : in two parts. Veterinary medicine; Horses; Horse-training; Médecine vétérinaire; Chevaux; Chevaux. nm. i" 1 n I a i!i 75 DTSEASE>3 OF THE HORSE. cles together. Give the following powder in feed every night, for twelve nights :—Powdered sulphate of iron, three drachms ; powdered gentian root, four drachms. Mix. If the animal is fat and yet hide bound, sub- stitute the following, instead of the above recommended:—Take sul- phuret of antimony, three drachms; sulphur in flour, three drachms; sulphite of soda, half an
. Gleason's veterinary hand-book and system of horse taming [microform] : in two parts. Veterinary medicine; Horses; Horse-training; Médecine vétérinaire; Chevaux; Chevaux. nm. i" 1 n I a i!i 75 DTSEASE>3 OF THE HORSE. cles together. Give the following powder in feed every night, for twelve nights :—Powdered sulphate of iron, three drachms ; powdered gentian root, four drachms. Mix. If the animal is fat and yet hide bound, sub- stitute the following, instead of the above recommended:—Take sul- phuret of antimony, three drachms; sulphur in flour, three drachms; sulphite of soda, half an ounce. Mix, and give in one dose, repeating it every night for two weeks. If in the winter, use an extra blanket. If in summer, give cut grass to eat. Hip-joint Disease.—Happily, this is a very rare disease in horses, and does not make its appearance so soon as in man. It is always the result of accident or injury, and is a joint affection—not of the muscles, because the mass of muscles are so very great over the hip, that it is not an easy matter to sprain them. I speak of this here, because among horsemen it is a great bug-bear, often occurring in their ideas; whereas in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred of their so-called hip and w/iir/ bone disease, the lameness will be found in the hock-joint. Why do they jump at the conclusion that the lameness is in the hip ? Because in every movement of the hock-joint, the vibration or hitch is more distinctly seen by the altered action of the muscles of the hip, as when the hock-joint moves but partially, and not completely, it is not so readily seen at the hock as at the hip. Hence, this is but the old adage, cause and effect; in this case the horseman has them reversed. (See Spavin.) Symptoms. Lowness or falling in of the hip ; a peculiar manner of moving, not indicating inability as is seen in fracture of the pelvis bone, but of great pain and difficulty ; not yielding or bending low down on that: quarter when the horse
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