The art of taming and educating the horse : 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, and the practical treatment for sickness, lameness, etc: with a large number of recipes . , I kept him in slings a little overseven weeks. ? I kept a man with this horse night and day, with instructionsto let him stand upon his feet easily an hour oi- so at a time, thenalternating by shortening the slings, so as to rest his weight prin-cipally upon them. It
The art of taming and educating the horse : 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, and the practical treatment for sickness, lameness, etc: with a large number of recipes . , I kept him in slings a little overseven weeks. ? I kept a man with this horse night and day, with instructionsto let him stand upon his feet easily an hour oi- so at a time, thenalternating by shortening the slings, so as to rest his weight prin-cipally upon them. It was also so arranged, by an ftctra strapbehind, as to pull forward and upward like a breeching. Everyprecaution was taken to , by giving nourishing and easilydigested food. Indeed, without this precaution, I think he couldnot have been saved, as the weather was very warm, and verytrying for a horse to stand so long in a warm stable. As it was,he Avas very much emaciated when taken out of tlie slings, tlioughhe soon regained his strength and flesh, and seemed to be as well asever. The enlargement gradually subsided, so that at the end ofa year it was scarcely noticeable. There was at first a little wantof mobility in the limb, but it soon disappeared. I would here add that it would have facilitated the absorption. 1022 DISEASES AISTD THEIE TEEATMENT. of the enlargement, to have used a slight absorbant, with moder-ate pressure of a light woolen bandage. Castration. The following article was, by special request, written by A. Meyer, who is an expert in the performance of this oper-ation :— Castration by the Latest Method. Advances and progress have been made in all branches of thesciences and arts, and the art and science of surgery has been oneof them. The nature, tcmj^erament, and disposition of the horseis better understood, and the educated veterinarian often risks hislife for the benefit of stock raisers. We tt!!!, therefore, speak of
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