ON GELDING. ^33 



it with a hot iron. The wound must be dressed 

 with (No. 127, p. 164), and afterwards take 

 pledgets of tow, and spread them thick with the 

 digestive ointment (No. 121, p. 159), and apply 

 over the wound ; fasten them on the part with a 

 proper bandage. Repeat the dressings once a day 

 until well. 



Such dogs as have been bitten by others of the 

 same species, in a state of hydrophobia, were 

 formerly treated with some success, by giving 

 them from eight to twelve grains of turpeth 

 mineral, mixed into a pill with conserve of roses. 

 This pill may be given to a dog once a day for 

 three days together, and repeated the night pre- 

 ceding the full and change of two or three succes- 

 sive moons. 



CHAP. LVI. 



GELDING. 



Gelding is an operation well known to most 

 persons, and there are many persons in this king- 

 dom who follow this part of the profession only. 



The usual method is to throw the horse down 

 on some convenient spot, and turn him on his 

 back, then draw one of his hind legs forward 



