DISEASES AND TREATMENT OF THE HORSE. 85 



Common Soda i pound. 



Sulphur i " 



Nitrate of Potash or Saltpetre ^ " 



Mix thorouo'hly and give a teaspoonful three times a day on the 



tong-ue with a spoon, also gargle the mouth out with alum water — 



two teaspoonfuls to a pint of water — with a sponge three times a day 



until the pimples disappear. While he has the sore mouth feed on 



soft food, and put a lot of boiled flax seed in the feed which will 



keep the bowels loose. 



INJURIES TO THE LIPS AND CHEEKS. 



The lips and cheeks sometimes become bruised and cut in 

 various ways. If the skin is broken to any extent it is best to 

 stitch it up with a needle used for sewing up wounds, but 

 it may be done with a darning needle. In sewing use carriage 

 trimmer's twine, or a piece of white wrapping twine. Put a stitch 

 about every half inch, and in stitching it is best to tie a separate 

 knot for each stitch, then bathe with warm water two or three 

 times a day and apply, after bathing, the white lotion. In sewing 

 the wound it is best to place a twitch on the animal's nose to keep 

 him quiet. If the skin is not broken bathe and apply the white 

 otion same as mentioned above. 



PARALYSIS OF THE LIPS AND CHEEKS. 



This is not a very common disease, although it is met with 

 occasionally. 



Ca.USes. — It is an injury to the nerves which supply the lips and 

 cheeks with motion. For instance, it is done sometimes by using 

 a heavy poke on a horse in the pasture, also in the stable by hav- 

 ing him tied with a heavy halter, or any other kind of an injury 

 that would affect the nerve will produce this ; cold weather will 

 sometimes bring it on. 



Symptoms. — It is first noticed that the animal is not able to 

 use his lips in eating or drinking, or in any other way, and they 

 hang flabby and loose, and in most of cases they look as it 

 swollen, but it is only the looseness of them that gives them that 

 appearance. When the horse tries to drink he has to put his head 

 deep into the pail so that the water covers up his lips and nose, 

 for this is the only way he can drink. 



Treatment. — Keep the horse's strength up as best you can by 

 feeding soft food which can be easily chewed. In this disease it is 

 best to keep the animal in the stable and give him the following 

 medicine : 



