General Management in Disease 



treatment of diseases affecting the limbs of the 

 horse, but principally in such diseases as bone- 

 spavin, splint, curb, ringbone, sprained tendons, 

 and other injuries of an allied nature. Both point 

 and line firing are employed. The searing iron is 

 often used after docking, for the purpose of 

 arresting bleeding. 



Horses are fired in both the standing and the 

 recumbent attitude, much depending upon the 

 temperament of the animal ; the part to be fired ; 

 and the severity, or otherwise, of its application. 



The indiscriminate use of the firing iron must be 

 condemned, but its universal application is one of 

 its best guarantees of its utility. 



Blistering is largely resorted to, and at one time 

 bleeding, blistering and physicing constituted 

 the charlatan's trio of remedies, although such 

 remedial agencies frequently ended, not in the 

 subjugation of the disease, but in the death of the 

 patient. 



Before blistering a part, the hair, if long, should 

 be clipped off; the blistering agent then rubbed 

 in for 20 minutes, and the head tied up short 

 for about 48 hours, so as to prevent the animal 

 from biting the part. There is a marked difference 

 in individual horses as to the susceptibility of the 

 action of a blister. In some, blisters will arise 

 within 2 or 3 hours, whilst in others 12 or more 

 hours may elapse. 



Cantharides (or Spanish fly) is the best blistering 



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