CURRICLE — CUTS 



extent when a curb has been sprung. Sometimes only one 

 hock is affected, and it is frequently the case that the horse 

 does not go lame from curb, though the 

 latter is included in the category of un- 

 soundness. At the same time there is 

 usually more or less heat, and sooner or 

 later trouble is almost certain to arise. 



Treatment. — Rest and hot fomentations 

 frequently applied, cooling food, and, if 

 necessary, blistering. Obstinate cases will 

 have to be treated by firing, and when the 

 horse resumes work a high - heeled shoe 

 should be worn. Curb, it may be added, ^^^^ 



is undoubtedly a hereditary disease. (See 

 Blistering^ Fomentations, Prescriptions^ 



Curricle. — An old-fashioned, two-wheeled vehicle which 

 is now very rarely seen. It was drawn by a pair of horses, 

 the end of the pole being supported by a yoke which 

 extended from the withers of one horse to those of the 

 other. 



Curry-comb. — A flat piece of metal to which several 

 rows of bars with notched edges and a handle are attached. 

 The curry-comb ought not to be applied to the coats of 

 light breeds of horses as it is apt to irritate the skin and 

 produce scurf, but should be used to scrape against the body 

 brush in order to clean the latter when it becomes clogged 

 with scurf and hair. (See Body Brush, Grooming^ 



Cuts are of four varieties : namely, i?tcised, which may be 

 described as a clean cut, such as is caused by a knife drawn 

 across the skin ; lacerated, such as may result from something 

 tearing the flesh ; ptmctured, which are caused by something 

 penetrating deeply, such as a stab or splinter ; and contused, 

 when they are connected with bruises. 



Treatment. — The first thing to do is to stop the bleeding, 



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