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horse, when he could get to him, was al- 

 most literally covered with stings. lie un- 

 hitched and led him away, and immediately 

 called for a boiler of hot water. This was 

 brought out as soon as it could be heated. 

 Cloths and blankets were immersed in it. 

 almost boiling hot, wrung nearly dry. :nid 

 laid over the animal, now writhing in the 

 severest agony. The moment Mr Fowls 



Be proud of your swollen eye ! 



It isn't the fact that you're licked that counts; 

 It's how did you fight— and why? 



E^)MU^D Vance Cooke. 



applied the hot blankets he says the horse 

 quieted down. During the escapade he him- 

 self was terril)ly stung in the face and on 

 the hands ; and he says that, as soon as the 

 hot cloths were applied to his face, he felt 

 almost instant relief. The hot cloths were 

 applied to the horse on every portion that 

 was stung, and Mr. Fowls had the satisfac- 

 tion of knowing that he could save his 

 horse, which was soon as well as ever. 



Cases are on record of severe stinging of 

 human beings where cold applications were 

 used instead of hot, with almost as good 

 results, apparently. In such cases the pa- 

 tients are wrapped in a bed sheet, wrung 

 from cold water, and put to bed, and appli- 

 cations renewed until relief followed. 



During the summer of 1902 at one of our 

 outyards we had an experience which we 

 thought at the time would be fatal to both 

 man and beast. It came about somewhat 

 in this way. A neighbor of ours who had a 

 field of timothy near our yard had allowed 



his horse to eat grass within a few feet of 

 the yard while he went to the further end of 

 the field to look after some work. In the 

 mean time the horse had managed to get 

 over among the bees. The result was, she 

 knocked over five hives, and was literally 

 covered with stings when our neighbor 

 came up. Being a practical bee-man as well 

 as a horseman himself, he rushed into the 

 fray, freed the horse, and started her for the 

 barn. The animal was beginning to swell 

 badly, and it was evident to him that she 

 would die before relief could be given by a 

 veterinary, even if called. He accordingly 

 rolled up about a pound of common table 

 salt in a paper, opened the animal's mouth, 

 and with the left hand grasped her tongue, 

 pulling it out as far as he could. He then 

 with his right hand shoved the salt clear 

 down her throat, reaching to his elbow. 

 This done, he quickly closed her moutli and 

 elevated her head until he saw the wad of 

 salt go down the gullet. In a short time the 

 horhc showed relief, for the salt probably 

 neutralized, to some extent, the effect of the 

 acid poison. It also acted as a physic; for 

 when a horse is sick at the stomach he can 

 not vomit, and it is necessary to give him 

 something at once to keep the bowels free. 

 In three or four hours the horse was as well 

 as ever. 



Our neighlior did not apply wet blankets 

 wrung out of hot water; but the veterinary, 

 whom we consulted afterward, said that the 

 giving of the salt was one of the best things 

 that could have been done, and added that 

 he would have wrapped the animal up in a 



"go' vay, yoi 



blanket wrung out of hot water. If to this 

 water was added a small quantity of am- 

 monia, all the better. We suggest, then, if 



