The horse and his diseases : embracing his history and varieties, breeding and management and vices; with the diseases to which he is subject, and the remedies best adapted to their cure . rt. Care must be taken to havethe skin around the wound perfectly dry, or the collodion willnot adhere. Shoemakers wax, or common glue, applied inthe same way, will frequently answer the purpose. Theanimal must be kept perfectly quiet, his bowels opened, and hebe kept upon his feet for several days; if, however, the collo-dion adheres well, this is not of so much importance. SWEENIE. This imaginary disease h
The horse and his diseases : embracing his history and varieties, breeding and management and vices; with the diseases to which he is subject, and the remedies best adapted to their cure . rt. Care must be taken to havethe skin around the wound perfectly dry, or the collodion willnot adhere. Shoemakers wax, or common glue, applied inthe same way, will frequently answer the purpose. Theanimal must be kept perfectly quiet, his bowels opened, and hebe kept upon his feet for several days; if, however, the collo-dion adheres well, this is not of so much importance. SWEENIE. This imaginary disease has been the occasion of the inflictionof much cruelty and unnecessary torture upon the horse. No 298 OSTITIS. respectable veterinary author recognizes any sucli symptoms which accompany its supposed existence arebut sympathetic effects, or atrophy of the muscles of theshoulder. The attention of the horse-owner is directed to awasting away or lessening of these muscles, which from wantof action naturally become smaller or contracted; upon the animals regaining the natucles are again developed, asarm by the constantmer. Cases calledthe result of injuryas the knee,When the. THE EQUESTRIENNE the foot! ground, itj ed upon is not i n however, the leg drags with the toe on the ground, the injury may be looked for in that locality. It is, however, more easy to decide a case of shoulder lameness than any other to which the limb is liable. ral use of the limb, the mus-the muscles of the smithsuse of the sledge ham-sweenie are invariablyin some remote parts,the foot, etc.—animal picks up^clear from the^^^may be depend-that the injurythe shoulder; if OSTITIS. This is an inflammation of the bone, occasioning lamenessof an obscure nature, and is one of the most difficult of aircases of lameness to detect. Where it occurs iu the cannonbone, it is often mistaken for a thickening of the integuments. Treatment — Cold bandages, lead water, rest, with dailyhalf-drachm doses of iodi
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