. The art of taming and educating the horse : a system that makes easy and practical the subjection of wild and vicious horses ... : the simplest, most humane and effective in the world : 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 .... Horses; Horses; Horses; CHR 1887; PRO Smith, James Somers, Jr. (donor). NEUROTOMY. 801 divided nerve, which will show considerable tenderness; and when this happens to be struck in driving, it gives the horse so
. The art of taming and educating the horse : a system that makes easy and practical the subjection of wild and vicious horses ... : the simplest, most humane and effective in the world : 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 .... Horses; Horses; Horses; CHR 1887; PRO Smith, James Somers, Jr. (donor). NEUROTOMY. 801 divided nerve, which will show considerable tenderness; and when this happens to be struck in driving, it gives the horse so much pain as to cause him to go lame for a short time. The division of the nerve causes intense but momentary j^ain, like an electric shock, and the horse's struggling at the moment must be at- tended to; but as soon as this passes ofl" the pain of the operation is over. The inferior portion of the nerve is then to be laid hold of by the forceps, and from half to three-quarters of an inch cut out. The edges of the skin should next be drawn together with one stitch in the middle, and the operation performed on the opposite side in the same manner. Next, apply a cold, wet bandage; give a dose of ]3hysic. About the fourth or fifth day the stitches may slough out, leaving the wound open; but this need not cause any anxiety. Keep the horse quiet about two weeks, when he may be turned to pasture or put to slow work. It has been found that simply sev- ering the nerve will remove the lame- ness for a few weeks, when it will again unite and leave the foot as sensitive as it was before; and that by removing a small portion of it, three-eighths of an inch or so, it will unite in the counse of a few months; but the cure in most cases is made permanent. When it is desired to destroy this sensibility, or so that the nerve cannot grow sufficiently to again unite, from three-quar- ters of an inch to an inch is removed. Of course care should be taken not to work tho horse violently immedia
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