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 . Fig. 741.—Showing the direction ofthe bone-cells as thrown out fromthe podophyllous tissue. 834 DISEASES AND TIIEIU TEEATMENT. on. Keep thcni there for about an liour, then take them out andput them in Avarm poultices, composed of equal parts of slipjieryelm bark and li
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 . Fig. 741.—Showing the direction ofthe bone-cells as thrown out fromthe podophyllous tissue. 834 DISEASES AND TIIEIU TEEATMENT. on. Keep thcni there for about an liour, then take them out andput them in Avarm poultices, composed of equal parts of slipjieryelm bark and linseed meal. Bo sure the poultices envelop thewhole hoof Have a deep soft bed placed under the animal. Givea purgative, which should be one-half of the ordinary dose, as su-pcrpurgation is apt to follow otherwise. If Barbadoes aloes bo theagent employed, four drachms will bo found sufficient. Give a doseof aconite, say ten drops every twenty minutes, until the animalhas been thrown into a profuse perspiration. Cover him withwarm blankets. The poultices should bo changed twice a daj^, aiidafter taking them off put the feet in water, as above this treatment for three or four days at least. Feed nograin, simj^ly bran mashes, vegetables, and hay. When shoeing. Fig. -Position of the bones of the foot iu a healthy coiulition. the animal, see that the shoes arc wide-webbed, the hoof-surfacebeing convex, still leaving sufficient flat surface for the wall of thehoof to rest comfortably on. If it is a valuable beast, have himturned out on low land jiasture in about two weeks after the com-mencement of the attack. Should he bo stabled, keep damp swabson while he is housed. This treatment is applicable to either acuteor sub-acute, which I have here treated as one disease, and which,in fact, it is. Dr. Hamill Advises If there is simply a congestion of the extremities and fever,then treat as a fever locally and generally. Give as sedativesaconite and nitre internally, w
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