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DISEASES OF THE HORSE. 



the pawing, rolling, sweating, and restive condition of the 

 horse, etc. If not relieved in a very short time, he will 

 die. To reduce strangulation, he must be secured, and 

 fastened ; and all conceivable ingenuity must be exercised 

 to get the bowels back into their proper place. No rule 

 can be laid down to accomplish this, as some ruptures are 

 reducible, and others are not. But the hands of the 

 operator must be well oiled when handling the bowels, and 

 the bowels kept scrupulously clean ; and Avhen they have 

 been successfully placed into their proper cavity, the horse 

 will be at rest, and relieved from pain. To prevent the 

 bowels from returning again, the rupture must be closed by 

 skewers made of iron, or stiff wood, passed through the 

 lips of each side of the wound, half an inch from the edge, 

 with waxed cord wound round and over the skewers, in. 

 the form of the figure 8. 



Metallic or silver Avire is used by scientific veterinary 

 surgeons in securing the edges of the skin of ruptures and 

 injuries to the belly of all domestic animals, as the best and 

 most successful plan. 



Ruptures of the stomach, bowels and diaphragm, are 

 occasionally the immediate cause of death in cases of colic. 

 (See Hock, etc.) 



NEEDLE WITir FIXED HANDLE, 



NEEDLE ARMED WITH WIRE. 



Saddle Galls. — Sores produced by the saddle and 

 other portions of the harness, and are best treated by the 



