. The art of taming and educating the horse : a system that makes easy and practical the subjection of wild and vicious horses ... : the simplest, most humane and effective in the world : with details of management in the subjection of over forty representative vicious horses, and the story of the author's personal experience : together with chapters on feeding, stabling, shoeing .... Horses; Horses; Horses; CHR 1887; PRO Smith, James Somers, Jr. (donor). 878 DISEASES AND THEIE TEEATMENT. liquor acetate of ammonia in 2 ounce doses three or foiii- times a day, may be used. The best veterinary s
. The art of taming and educating the horse : a system that makes easy and practical the subjection of wild and vicious horses ... : the simplest, most humane and effective in the world : with details of management in the subjection of over forty representative vicious horses, and the story of the author's personal experience : together with chapters on feeding, stabling, shoeing .... Horses; Horses; Horses; CHR 1887; PRO Smith, James Somers, Jr. (donor). 878 DISEASES AND THEIE TEEATMENT. liquor acetate of ammonia in 2 ounce doses three or foiii- times a day, may be used. The best veterinary surgeons now all agree that bleeding is not only unnecessary but injurious in treating pneumonia and pleurisy. Pleurisy. As before stated, pleurisy is inflammation of the pleura. Symptoms.—It may be sudden or gradual in its attack, the horse showing indispo- sition, sometimes for days previous. He will be dull and heavy in ac- tion for a day or twb, unwilling to lie down, pulse not much dis- turbed, or there is a chUl, ''"^**'"^^'sa^&-w^ ^^^*^'^A^ or shivering fit, which Fig. 772.—Usual appearance of a horse suffering J^sts from one to three from pleurisy.—From Mnyhcw. ^ i j? i hours, when fever sets in; breathing at flanks a little accelerated, countenance is anxious, the head is sometimes turned toward the side, does not lie down. As the disease advances, the symptoms become more marked. The ears and legs become cold ; the pulse, from being a little accelerated, grows quicker, hard, and full; the head is hung for- ward ; stands up persistently ; breathing hurried ; the membrane of the nose and eyes red. Turning the horse round, or liitting against the chest, back of the shoulder, will cause a kind of grunt. The ear applied to the chest will detect a rough, rasping noise, and there is generall}' j^resent a short, painful, suppressed cough, easily excited by pressure on the larynx. Oanses.—Are similar to those of pneumonia, such as variations in temperature
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