HORSE— CARE AND MANAGEMENT. 



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Or if there is any difficulty in giving a 

 drench, a ball may be made up and given. 



Take of Carbonate of Ammonia - I drachm. 



Camphor ...--.*£ drachm. 



Powdered Ginger - - - I drachm. 

 Linseed meal and boiling water sufficient to make 

 into a ball. 



Either of the above may be repeated 

 at the end of three hours, if relief is not 

 afforded. Increased strength may be 

 given to the diaphragm by regular slow 

 work, and the daily mixture of a drachm 

 of powdered sulphate of iron with the 

 feed of corn. 



HORSE, Heart, Diseases of the. — The 

 horse is subject to inflammation of the 

 substance of the heart (carditis) of a 

 rheumatic nature, and of the fibro-serous 

 covering (pericarditis), but the symptoms 

 are so obscure that no one but the pro- 

 fessional veterinarian will be likely to 

 make them out. Dropsy of the heart is 

 a common disease in worn-out horses, 

 and hypertrophy, as well as fatty degen- 

 eration, are often met with among well- 

 conditioned animals. 



HORSE, Blood Vessels of the Chest 

 and Nose, Diseases of the. — The horse 

 is very subject to hemorrhage from the 

 nose, coming on during violent exertion, 

 and many a race has been lost from this 

 cause. Fat, over-fed horses are the most 

 likely to suffer from hemorrhage; but 

 most people are aware of the risk in- 

 curred in over-riding or driving them, 

 and for this reason they are not so often 

 subject to this accident (for such it is 

 rather than a disease), as they otherwise 

 would be. It is unnecessary to describe 

 its symptoms, as the gush of blood ren- 

 ders it but too apparent, and the only 

 point necessary to inquire into is, whether 

 the lungs or the nasal cavities are the seat 

 of the rupture of the vessel. In the 

 former case the blood comes from both 

 nostrils, and is frothy; while in the latter 

 it generally proceeds from one only, and 

 is perfectly fluid. The treatment should 

 consist in cooling the horse down by a 

 dose of physic and a somewhat lower 

 diet ; but if the bleeding is very persist- 

 ent, and returns again and again, a satu- 

 rated solution of alum in water may be 

 syringed up the nostril daily, or, if this 

 fails, an infusion of matico may be tried, 

 which is far more likely to succeed. It 

 is made by pouring half a pint of boiling 



water on a drachm of matico-leaves, and 

 letting it stand till cool, when it should be 

 strained, and is fit for use. 



Hemorrrhage from the lungs is a far 

 more serious affair, and its control re- 

 quires active remedies if they are to be of 

 any service. It may arise from the ex- 

 istence of an abscess in the lung of a 

 phthisical nature, which implicates some 

 considerable vessel ; or it may be caused 

 by the bursting of an aneurism, which is- 

 a dilatation of a large artery, and gener- 

 ally occurs near the heart. The treat- 

 ment can seldom do more than prolong 

 the life of the patient for a short time, 

 and it is scarcely worth while to enter 

 upon it. Bleeding from the jugular vein 

 will arrest the internal hemorrhage, and 

 must often be resorted to in the first in- 

 stance, and there are internal medicines 

 which will assist it, such as digitalis and 

 matico; but, as before remarked, this- 

 only postpones the fatal termination. 



HORSE, Abdominal Viscera and their 

 Appendages, Diseases of the. — Though 

 not often producing what in horse deal- 

 ing is considered unsoundness, yet dis- 

 eases of the abdominal viscera constantly 

 lead to death, and frequendy to such a 

 debilitated state of the body that the 

 sufferer is rendered useless. Fortunately 

 for the purchaser, they almost always give 

 external evidence of their presence, for 

 there is not only emaciation, but also a. 

 staring coat and a flabby state of the- 

 muscles, which is quite the reverse of ther 

 wiry feel communicated to the hand in: 

 those instances where the horse is "poor"' 

 from over-work in proportion to his food.. 

 In the latter case, time and good living- 

 only are required to restore the natural 

 plumpness ; but in the former the wasting 

 will either go on until death puts an end 

 to the poor diseased animal, or he will 

 remain in a debilitated and wasted condi- 

 tion, utterly unfit for hard work. 



HORSE, Month and Throat, Diseases 

 of the in. — Several parts about the mouth 

 are liable to inflammation, which would 

 be of little consequence in itself, but that 

 it interferes with the feeding, and this -for 

 the time starves the horse, and renders, 

 him unfit for his work, causing him to» 

 "quid" or return his food into the man- 

 ger without swallowing it. Such are 

 lampas, vives or enlarged glands, barbs 

 or paps, gigs, bladders and flaps — all 



