)2 CURINE— The Great 



wool bandages before they are dry. clipping the 

 heels, or long hair from pastern, etc. 



TREATMENT.— Remove all dirt thoroughly with 

 warm water, and when well dried paint with CUR- 

 INE twice daily for one week, diluted with two to 

 four times equal quantities water and alcohol. 

 Bandage with a dry cotton bandage. Give a small 

 handful of Epsom or Glauber salts in feed, twice a 

 day for a week or so. 



PULSE. 



The Pulse or Heart in standard or thoroughbred 

 horses, when in health and at complete rest, should 

 beat forty to forty-flve times in a minute, while in 

 a heavy or coarse-bred animal it may only beat 

 thirty-five to forty times a minute. Work or ex- 

 citement increases the pulsation. 



RESPIRATION. 



A horse, when at complete rest and in good 

 health, breathes thirteen to fifteen times in a min- 

 ute. Excitement or work will increase the breath- 

 ine:. 



TEMPERATURE. 



The temperature of a horse in health may be 

 placed at about 100° F. Standard and thorough- 

 breds may be as high as 101° F. Mares have a 

 higher temperature than stallions or geldings. Ex- 

 ercise increases the temperature. 



BIG LEG— LYMPHANGITIS. 



Big Leg. — This disease is an inflammation of the 

 lymphatic structures and mostly appears in the 

 hind leg. It is very sudden and painful, accom- 

 panied with a high temperature. 



