8 May, 1907.] 



Lameness in Horses. 



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events. Sloppv food should be given with an occasional dose of laxative 

 medicine if the bowels become costive. Sluggishness of the bowels in 

 such cases is best relieved bv the giving of three or four ounce doses of 

 Epsom salts mixed with the food once or twice a day as long as necessarv. 

 Purgatives of the aloes type are apt to be erratic and dangerous in Aus- 

 tralia. 



If the pain is great, hot fomentations as advLsed for shoulder sprain 

 should be applied; if not painful, cold hosing as previously described is to 

 be recommended, on account of its cooling and tonic effect. Between 

 fomenting or hosing, whichever is resorted to, continuous pressure by means 

 of bandages should be applied. In order that the bandages may not chafe, 

 and also that the pressure may be evenly distributed, a roll of cotton wool 

 should be first apolied, and then a cotton or " stocking " bandage wound 

 round somewhat loosely. On the top of this apply a second bandage 

 pulled tight. Thr undr-rneath bandage will prevent the top bandaiie from 



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1' ift- 13- — ^-'iillon wadding' a])plied 

 lightly to a fore le<i by means of 

 bandages. (After IrLnes.) 



chafing or otherwi.se causing injury no matter how tighth' adjusted. The 

 object of this bandaging is threefold : — {a) to prevent exudation of lymph 

 which causes swelling ; {b) to promote absorption of lymph already exuded ; 

 and {c) to give support to the torn or sprained fibres of the ligament, so 

 as to give them rest and thereby facilitate their repair. The bandage 

 need onlv be removed every second day unless there is evident discomfort, 

 which should not occur if it has been properly adjusted. On removal of 

 the bandage the parts should be smartly hand-rubbed and the joints flexed 

 or "suppled " for half-an-hour or so, after which the bandage may be re- 

 adjusted as before. (See Figs. 12 and 13.) 



After about a fortnight of this treatment it may be necessary to apply 

 a Ijlister, and in some cases of severe sprain firing may require to be resorted 

 to. Line firing of the " herring-bone " pattern suits best in this situation; 

 and it is very effective in case of chronic or persistently recurring sprain. 



