. A treatise on the horse and his diseases : illustrated, containing an "Index of diseases," which gives the symptoms, cause, and the best treatment of each, a table giving all the principal drugs ..., a table with an engraving of the horse's teeth at different ages ..., a valuable collection of receipts, and much other valuable information. hree times a day, rubbing well with the hand. If the fever is considerable, it might be well to give fifteen drops oftincture of aconite root, three times a day, for one or two days, while thecold water cloths are being applied. Allow the horse a rest of a
. A treatise on the horse and his diseases : illustrated, containing an "Index of diseases," which gives the symptoms, cause, and the best treatment of each, a table giving all the principal drugs ..., a table with an engraving of the horse's teeth at different ages ..., a valuable collection of receipts, and much other valuable information. hree times a day, rubbing well with the hand. If the fever is considerable, it might be well to give fifteen drops oftincture of aconite root, three times a day, for one or two days, while thecold water cloths are being applied. Allow the horse a rest of a few weeks,especially in bad cases, as it is very difficult to cure some of these cases, un-less the horse is allowed to rest. STi^-GGERS. —A disease of horses, resulting from some lesion of thebrain, which causes a loss of control of voluntary motion. As it generallyoccurs in fat horses which are w^ell fed, those subject to these attacks shouldnot be over-fed. The cause is an undue amount of blood flowing to the brain. Treatment.—The aim of the treatment should be to remove the ordinary cases give half a pound of cpsom salts, and repeat if necessaryto have it physic, and be careful about over-feeding. In mad staggers, it would be well to bleed from the neck in addition togiving the epsom salts. STIFLE-JOINT LAMENESS. 37. PATELLA, OK WIIIRLBONEDISPLACED. STIFLE-JOINT LAMENESS —This is not one of very common occur-rence, but occurs occasionally in colts kept on uneven ground, whichinduces dislocation of the stitie, or patella, which slips off from the roundedheads of the bones when the horse steps. It sometimes occurs in horses which are kept on bad food, or in thosewhich are constitutionally weak. symptoms.—T\\Q horse stops sud-denly and extends one of the hind legsbackwards. The pastern is flexed andthe head raised, as shown in the engrav-ing, and there is a swelling upon theouter side of the pastern, with greatpain. It sometimes occurs in colts onthe slightes
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