136 MANUAL FOR STABLE SERGEANTS. 



struggling and excitement produced by the procedure will surely 

 convert even a mild case into a hopeless one. 



Remove the saddle or harness at once; keep the animal standing, 

 if possible; if not, provide a good bed. Cover the body with two or 

 three blankets and bandage the legs. Heat some oats or common 

 salt, which place in a sack and spread over the loins; or, weather 

 permitting, saturate blankets in warm water and apply in the same 

 way. Give 2 ounces spirits nitrous ether and 4 drams cannabis indica, 

 and in one-half hour give a cathartic. If there is retention of the 

 urine, empty the bladder three times a day by passing the hand 

 into the rectum and applying firm pressure to the bladder. 



If the patient is down, give a good bed and turn animal over every 

 two or three hours. Provide plenty of fresh drinking water and feed 

 bran mashes, grass, and hay. The animal should not be worked for 

 four to six weeks after all symptoms have disappeared. 



Prevention. — Exercise all animals daily. When this is impossible, 

 reduce the grain ration one-half and feed bran mashes or grass. 



