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back and spine. As soon as this is done (gently), in case 

 the weather should be cold, windy or otherwise inclement, 

 a blanket or enough covering of some kind to guard against 

 chilling should be placed on the horse and fastened with 

 skewers or any other device that will hold it in proper 

 place. 



We suppose the animal, by this time, to have been in 

 the hot bath one and one-half hours. If it has been impos- 

 sible to secure hot water, then hot poultices may be used. 

 But if neither of these are obtainable, place the horse in a 

 pond belly deep. Let him stand there two or three hours 

 in the soft mud and water, so as to help allay the inflammation. 

 After leaving the pond take the horse to the nearest place 

 where hot water and poultices can be found. The poul- 

 tices should be made of turnips, flaxseed meal, or well- 

 scalded bran, applied to the feet well up to the pasterns by 

 means of sacks, heavy rags or boots made especially for that 

 purpose. It is understood that the poultices must not be 

 permitted to become dry. Lukewarm water should be 

 applied to the feet and bag or boot, so as to keek up plenty 

 of moisture. If allowed to dry out, this would increase the 

 inflammation and thereby prove a detriment. On leaving 

 the pond or tub of hot water the horse should be placed in 

 a well-ventilated though comfortable stable and the lance 

 should be applied to what is usually called the plate vein, 

 which comes down on the inside of the foreleg. This 

 artery should be lanced just above the knee in both fore- 

 legs and at least one quart of blood taken from each leg. 

 After this the finger or thumb may be placed tight against 

 the orifice or cut made with the lance, so as to coagulate 

 the blood and check the bleeding. Bandages, if convenient 

 to get, should be applied as high up the leg as can be gotten, 

 as an artificial support. A good, clean bed of straw should 

 be spread under him. A full-habited or gluttonous horse 

 should be given three or four carrots or one quart of oats 

 with one and a half quarts of bran well scalded and mixed 

 together to eat. Then a well-ventilated muzzle should be 

 placed on the horse to guard against his eating new or clean 

 straw. Nothing is more likely to stiffen or founder a horse 

 than overloading the stomach with newly threshed rye or 

 wheat straw. The next essential is rest and perfect quiet, 



