. 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 .. . g place, confined almost entirelyto foals and yearlings. The principal manifestations are increased de-velopment of new bone which is abnormally soft and weak and the forma-tion of bony tumors, especially about the joints. The existing bone re-mains practicaiy unch
. 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 .. . g place, confined almost entirelyto foals and yearlings. The principal manifestations are increased de-velopment of new bone which is abnormally soft and weak and the forma-tion of bony tumors, especially about the joints. The existing bone re-mains practicaiy unchanged, and the surface of the body is unusually HOESE WELFARE. 117 sensitive to pressure. Milk which is defective in quality and quantity,an insufficiency of salts of lime in the food, too high feeding and lack ofexercise, are the chief causes of the ailment. It may be mistaken forrheumatoid joint disease, umbilical pyaemia or big head. There is not avery hopeful chance of recovery. TREATMENT—Continued constitutional treatment of 2-ounce dosesof the remedy twice a day and an occasional rectal injection of likeamount, from the first manifestation that the colt is off, will serveto prevent the development of this ailment. Regular exercise andjudicious feeding, or, if possible, a long run in pasture will prove [h-fcrans mascLe. T(^iie hock joint Astixigahis •-? Gmeiromv magnaGtnei/bm. mediuiw CututOn Oene, or thproughfihiy\Seal ofcajificd Jwclt ? ? Os calcis- CaJLcaneo- cuhoidb . .\ ? ?Cuboid . .Exlemai ijUiiU bene IhibiotiLsFaforan^ Outside view of near hock, with some of the structures remoyed. 118 GILES. ABOUT GLANDERS AND FARCY. HOW INFECTION IS CARRIED. IN farcy, the malady is chiefly shown in the skin and the tissuesimmediately underneath it, although the trouble may first mani-fest itself hy painful swellings in the flexor tendons or by rheu-matic symptoms. ACUTE FARCY—There is shivering and rise in internal temperatur
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