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Oxide of zinc 4 drams. 



Vaseline 3 ounces. 



Mix. and apply freely to all affected parts. 



SNAKE BITES. 



This is a very common and serious trouble to stock owners in 

 various parts of the country. Rattlesnakes, copperheads, etc., 

 are very poisonous, and sometimes cause death to horses and cat- 

 tle by biting them. The parts bitten generally swell up exten- 

 sively, and after a time sloughing of the skin and flesh takes 

 place, leaving a very ugly looking sore. 



Treatment. If bitten on the leg, and the animal is seen im- 

 mediately afterwards, a string or rope should be wound tightly 

 around the leg above the bite, so as to keep the poison from 

 being absorbed into the system until some of it can be destroyed 

 by applying hot irons, caustic, or bleeding freely at the point of 

 injury. Large doses of alcohol, whisky, or brandy should be 

 given often to counteract the effects of the poison. After the 

 swelling forms it should be bathed well with warm wafc two or 

 three times a day and our Liniment (see Appendix) well rubbed 

 in. If sloughing takes place, it should be treated according to 

 treatment for wounds. 



PHLEBITIS. 



Inflammation of a vein is called phlebitis. It was at one time 

 quite common in the horse, the juglar vein (the large vein of the 

 neck) being the one most commonly affected, as it is the vein 

 usually selected for blood-letting. At one time the poor horse 

 used to be bled for nearly every disease horseflesh is heir to. 

 The age of bleeding horses is a thing of the past, except among 



