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In severe pain it may be possible to give by the mouth with a 

 syringe 1 to lVi> ounces of chloral hydrate every 2 hours till the pain 

 is relieved. Now dilute 1 ounce in at least 2 quarts of water to avoid 

 irritation of the throat. If the horse can not swallow 5 grains of 

 sulphate of morphine in 2 teaspoonsful of previously boiled water, 

 may be injected under the skin often enough to relieve pain. (See cut 

 on (page 17, fig. 4,) for the proper kind of a syringe to use to make the 

 injection. (I prefer to use tetanus anti-toxin as a curative agent for 

 lock jaw. As a preventative before symptoms develop 3000 units of tet- 

 anus anti-toxin should he injected beneath the skin. As a curativa 

 agent 3000 to 6000 units should be injected the first dose depending on 

 the severity of the symptoms. Then every day for 12 to 14 days inject 

 3000 units, one-tenth of a grain of labelin sulphate injected daily in 

 a separate dose is believed by some to be of benefit when used with 

 the tetanus anti-toxin in a seperatc injection. Human anti-toxin will 

 do to inject but stock anti-toxin is much cheaper. It can be gotten from 

 supply houses listed in the back of this book or local drug stores.) 



HYDROPHOBIA 



{Rabies, Madness,) 



This is chiefly a disease of the hot summer months. Dogs, foxes 

 and wolves usually inflict the bite to the horse. The saliva contains 

 the germs of this disease hence it is possible for the disease to be carried 

 from a rabied animal to wounds of the well animal by flies. 



Provided there are no sores on the mouth or gums it is impossible to 

 give a horse rabies by feeding them food ladened with rabies germs. 

 The symptoms appear from 3 days to 8 weeks after the wound is inflicted 

 The symptoms of the horse are quite variable. Restlesness, pawing, 

 blood shot eyes and stareing, horses gnaw the wound made by rabied 

 animal, and froth at the mouth. Urination is difficult, and sexual excite- 

 ment increases followed by paralysis of the porterior part of the body. 



Not all of these symptoms will be noticeable, but most of them can 

 be observed in most cases. The appetite is ravenous but as the case ad- 

 vances it diminishes imtil it is below normal. In some cases symptoms 

 are very much modified. 



