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 . shoidders every dayfor ten or twelve days; after which, I used a stronger solution tAVo•or three times a day for three or four weeks. The case was a verybad one. Poll Evil. Poll evil is caused by being clubbed back of the ear, strikingback of the head against an obstruc
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 . shoidders every dayfor ten or twelve days; after which, I used a stronger solution tAVo•or three times a day for three or four weeks. The case was a verybad one. Poll Evil. Poll evil is caused by being clubbed back of the ear, strikingback of the head against an obstruction, pulling hard upon thehalter, or checking the head high, so as to bring undue pressureupon the ligaments of the parts, which will be shown by the in-flammation and swelling over the first vertebra of the neck. Ifthis inflammation is allowed to continue, the posterior part of the 988 DISEASES AND TIIEIE TEEATMENT. occipital bone, and sometimes the atlas bone, also the strong ten-don over them, will be involved, causing serious ulceration of theparts, unless taken in hand promptly. The principle of treatment is precisely that of fistula of the Avith-ers. First, cooling applications, a doseof physic, and a cooling, opening favorite prescription for dispers-ing inflainmation of this kind, used byan old IS, Fig. S50.—Method of checking that is liable to cause poll evil. 2 drachms tartarized antimony, crjs- alized and finely powdered,2 drachms olive-oil,1 oimce hosfs lard. Vaseline can be substituted for theoil and lard. When properly rubbedon the part, this will act as a powerful blister, but does not blem-ish. Should matter form, it must be opened to the bottom, and,after being cleansed out, ascertain how far matter has bur-rowed, or the degree to which sinuses have formed. It is notprudent to do any more cutting at this part than simply tomake a sufficiently deep incision to give an opening for the matterto pass off. If sinuses have formed, caustic tents a
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