MEDICINES 



cotton wool in boric acid ; gduze, for placing over wounds 

 underneath the cotton wool ; lint ; needles, for stitching up 

 wounds ; scissors of different sizes, with long, thin blades ; 

 two or three clean sponges ; some silver wire for stitching 

 up wounds ; syri?iges, for injecting water and disinfectants 

 into wounds. It is absolutely necessary that all the above 

 should be kept in a dry place, and scrupulously clean. 



It is most desirable that a horse should get no corn for 

 twenty-four hours before he is physicked with a purge, the 

 best things for him being bran mashes and hay, the latter 

 in small quantities. The physic should be administered early 

 on an empty stomach, and a bran mash or some thick gruel 

 may be given soon afterwards. Later on he may be given 

 an hour's gentle exercise, and on his return he should be 

 given a pailful of hot water to drink ; in fact, the more of 

 this he takes until the medicine works the better. After 

 the physic is well out of him and his droppings become dry 

 again he can begin with small feeds of corn and chop. Should 

 the dose not work the horse, it is best not to give him a 

 second one for at least a week. Aloes work some horses 

 very slowly ; in fact, it often requires twenty-four hours before 

 they take effect, and hence the unwisdom of overdosing the 



patient. 



Proportion of Doses. 



According to Height and Bulk. 

 15-hand 3-inch light horse . Full dose. 

 Heavy cart-horse . . . \ more than full dose. 

 14-hand pony . . . \ less „ „ 



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