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ignorant groom, who can display his blistering ability to his master at the 

 slightest opportunity, although he dare not attempt to handle firing irons. 

 There is but rarely a private stable of more than a few animals in which the 

 effects of blistering, past or present, may not be witnessed on the limbs of 

 one of the animals. If blistering were a < cure-all,' the frequency with which 

 it is adopted might be tolerated. But its curative efficacy in ninety per 

 cent of the instances wherein it is applied is more than doubtful." Ex. 



COMMON COLD. 



As soon as the horse has contracted a cold no time 

 should be lost in preventing the congestion from becoming 

 aggravated. Fresh air, protection from draughts, warm cloth- 

 ing and exercise, if the weather conditions are favorable, are 

 all that will be required under ordinary circumstances to 

 restore the horse to his normal condition. If the bowels do 

 not act freely one or more injections of warm water should 

 be given and a lighter diet of bran, linseed gruel, grass, 

 etc., substituted once or twice a day for the regular feed of 

 oats. The use of all strong purgatives must be prohib- 

 ited. Should the horse fail to improve in a day or so or 

 the attack be not discovered until fever develops, the follow- 

 ing medicine may be given to advantage once or twice a day : 



Sweet spirits of nitre . . . . . i ounce. 

 Nitrate of potash . . . V . 2 drachms. 

 Water . . . . . . . ^ pint. 



WORMS. 



" Remedies to destroy intestinal worms are much more efficient if given 

 after a long fast, and then the worm medicine must be supplemented by a 

 physic to carry out the worms. Among the best worm medicines may be 

 mentioned santonine, turpentine, tartar emetic, infusion of tobacco, and 

 bitter tonics. To destroy tapeworms, areca nut, male fern and pumpkin 

 seeds are the best. If a horse is passing the long, round worms, for in- 



