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becomes heated by exercise, he should be walked about for a few 

 minutes a longer or shorter period, according to the circumstan- 

 ces, until cooled down to about the ordinary temperature, but 

 not in any degree towards chilliness; then throw on the blanket and 

 lead him to the stable. 



HOW TO GIVE MEDICINE. 



Every person should learn to give a ball or a drench. A horse 

 ball is the size and shape of the thumb. A drench is a liquid com- 

 pound to be given from a bottle. There is a right way ana a wrong 

 way to give either. Little is to be accomplished by main force. An 

 animal will always fight against this. The practitioner will give a 

 ball or a drench without tying up the horse's head. The novice had 

 better do so. Draw up the horse's head to such a height that the 

 operator can reach the mouth. Tie with straps leading from the 

 halter ring to each side of the stall so that the animal cannot throw 

 his head from side to side. Take out the horse's tongue, holding it 

 out from the side beyond you. Do not pull hard, only enough to 

 fairly stretch the tongue out. Lay the ball well back in the mouth 

 in the proper direction for swallowing. When it is placed let the 

 tongue relax slowly into the mouth, and the ball will be swallowed. 

 To drench, take out the tongue as before. Have the liquid in a 

 long-necked very strong bottle, insert the neck between the incisors 

 and grinders, and as well back as possible. Release the tongue, 

 keeping the mouth of the bottle well up in the roof of the mouth, 

 between the grinders, pour the contents slowly in as the animal 

 can swallow, holding the head with the fingers over the jaw 

 between the nippers and grinders. If the bottle is broken or the 

 animal struggles, release the head instantly. Small doses may be 

 given with a syringe, and small animals may be dosed from a 

 spoon. 



DISEASES OF HORSES. 



The reader will find the remedies here given different from 

 those in other treatises on this subject, being generally home reme- 

 dies and readily available, at any time in any household. 



BIG HEAD. 



There are various injuries to the head called big head, big jaw, 

 etc. If these affect the bone, are cancerous, or present the out- 

 ward exhibition of tuberculosis, .whether the bone softens and 

 decays, or becomes hard and brittle, as in the case of tumors of the 

 bone of the horse's jaw, they are considered incurable, and are 

 undoubtedly so. If the true nature of the disease is known early, 

 blistering may scatter the affection. 



