DISEASES AND TREATMENT OF THE HORSE. 177 



when a horse has fractured his ribs he cannot i^-et up. This 

 disease is more often seen in cows than in horses. 



Symptoms. — if it is a case where the paralysis affects the one 

 side of the body, the animal cannot walk straight, but g-oes 

 around in a circle, and has not the proper use of that side. In a 

 case where it affects the hind quarters, the animal, when he lies 

 down, cannot get up ; he will raise on his front legs, but cannot 

 get up on his hind legs, and if you do not help him onto his feet, 

 he seems very uneasy; but during the time he is down he will eat 

 and drink fairly well. If you prick him with a pin in his hind 

 part he cannot feel it. In cases of complete paralysis, when he 

 cannot move at all, he soon dies. 



Treatment. — if you think that he could bear his weight on 

 his legs if he was up, raise him with pulleys or slings. Apply a 

 mustard plaster over his back if the weather is warm, but if the 

 weather is very cold, instead of applying mustard, put a half-paiS 

 of hot salt in a bag over his kidneys and blanket him so he will 

 be hot, for what you need is heat to the back in these cases. In 

 cases where the animal can stand fairly well, when he is up, keep 

 him on his feet as much as you can, for a horse can stand a 

 couple of weeks without hurting him. If you allow him to get 

 down, and he cannot get up, he will only flounder around and 

 may hurt himself. Give the following drench : 



Bitter Aloes S drams. 



Sweet Spirits of Nitre 1 ouuce, or 4 tablespoonfuls. 



Common Soda I tablespoont ul. 



Ginger 1 " 



Mix in a pint of luke warm water and give as a drench ; this 

 will get the bowels and kidneys acting; then give him the follow- 

 ing powders to strengthen the nerves : 



Powdered Nux Vomica ^ pound. 



Nitrate of Potash, or Saltpetre ^ '• 



Ground Gentian Root ^ " 



Mix thoroughly and give a teaspoonful three times a day on 



his tongue with a spoon, or in soft food with plenty of boiled flax 



seed in it, and if he is able to walk give him gentle exercise everv day. 



INFLAMMATION OF THE BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD AND THEIR 

 COVERINGS (CEREBRO-SPINAL MENINGITIS). 



This is congestion of the brain and spinal cord and their 

 coverings, and if, in this state, they do not soon get relief, it 

 turns into inflammation. This is, comparatively, a new disease, 

 and is not known in any other country but on this continent. 



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