SURGICAL APPLIANCES — SWEDES 



their itching, and if his teeth can reach them he will bite 

 himself almost to pieces, and this will cause bad wounds. 



Treatment. — Reduce the allowance of corn, and give 

 plenty of green food and mashes. Liquor arsenicalis, about 

 I ounce per day, may be divided amongst the foods, and 

 the parts may be dabbed with a lotion of vinegar one part, 

 water twenty parts, or a lead lotion may be applied. It is 

 best to keep the horse unclothed, or with a thin linen sheet 

 on under his rug. (S.-e Prescriptions^ 



Surgical Appliances. — See Medicines. 



Suspensory Ligament. — This is placed between the two 

 splint bones, under the back tendon, and runs from the two 

 small flat bones of the knee nearly to the fetlock, above which 

 it divides, but the two parts join together about the middle 

 of the front of the pastern. (See Cannon Bone, Fore-legs, 

 Ligaments, Muscles?) 



Sutures. — See Stitching Wounds. 



Sweating may be caused by exertion, gross condition, 

 nervousness, or by the deliberate act of an owner who wishes 

 to reduce the fat an animal may carry on his body or neck. 

 In the latter case a heavy sweating rug or hood, as the case 

 may be, is put on the horse, which is moved freely about to 

 make him perspire. Body and internal fat can, of course, be 

 reduced by dieting and physic, but if a horse carries a heavy 

 neck and crest there is nothing that will reduce them ex- 

 cepting by sweating them off by using a heavy hood or 

 hoods. When a horse is in good, hard condition, the sweat 

 which comes from him is as thin as water ; but if he is gross 

 it will be quite greasy. (See Clothing, Exercise, Soaping?) 



Swedes are inferior to carrots and parsnips as a food, 

 though they sometimes are given to sick horses, which enjoy 

 them. If used, it is necessary that they should be sliced 



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