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teaipoonful every night, by pouring it upon the tongue, then giving 

 some grain which carries it into the stomach. He says he has given 

 very bad oases two or three tablegpoonfuls at a dose with the best 

 of results. To be had at all drug stores. 



HOOKS. 



Symptoms The cords back of the eye are enlarged from 

 inflammation and by contraction draw the washer out of its nat- 

 ural position, causing it to swell. 



Remedy The occasion being general inflammation of the 

 eye, bathe with cold water. (See Inflammation of the Eye). 



HOOFBIND. 



Symptoms This is similar to contraction of the hoof; which 

 see. 



Remedies In the outer wall of the foot, all the way around 

 the hoof, there should be made grooves, one inch apart. The shoe 

 should then be made to circle so as to protect the heel, and should 

 be bended, from the last nail-hole back, on the inside instead of on 

 the outside. This is to spread the foot. 



Then the hoof-ointment should be applied every morning, in 

 the bottom of the hoof. This ointment is made as follows : 



Take of turpentine, 2 ounces. 



Sweet-oil, 2 " 



Gum-camphor, 2 drachms. 



Oil of spike, ounce. 



Corrosive sublimate, 2 drachms. 



Apply twice a day with a sponge. 



The horse's feet should be soaked in warm water at least three 

 times a week. 



HIDEBOU1VD. 



Symptoms This is a disorder of the skin produced by sym- 

 pathy with the stomach. It rarely occurs in any horse but one out 

 of health, from a deficiency either in the quantity or quality of the 

 food. Sometimes it comes on in the latter stages of consumption 

 or dysentery, without any previous mismanagement ; but in the 

 majority of cases, the cause lies in the food. The skin of a horse in 

 health feels supple, and on his sides it may readily be gathered up 

 by the hand into a fold; but in hidebound it is as though glued to 

 the ribsj and too tight for the carcass. 



Remedies 1. The state of the digestive organs must be 

 carefully examined, and, if possible, rectified. A pint of linseed. 



