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CYCLOPEDIA OP LIVE STOCK AND COMPLETE STOCK DOCTOR. 



Give one ounce (two tablespoonfuls) every two, four or six hours, ac- 

 cording to the requirements of the case. This is the dose for ji fell sized 

 adult horse, a young or small one in proportion. Continue this as long 

 as there is any fever. Give all the cold water to drink the horse wishes, 

 but give it little at a time and often. If the neck is broken, death ensuet* 

 immediately, on account of the nervous communication to the heart, 

 lungs and stomach being cut off, and so they stop working. 



m. Open Joint. 



Open joint is one of the most serious accidents that horse flesh is lia- 

 ble to, and unfo'.-tu 'lately is quite common. 



Causes. — Cuts, bruises, pricks from nails, pricks from the fork in 

 handling the manure and bedding, falling on the road, kicks from othec 

 horses, etc., are common causes. 



BAKER'S BRACE FOR BROKEN 

 KNEE WHEN THE JOINT IS 

 OPENED. 



WHERE JOINT OIL IS. 



The lines mark the points where synovia 

 (or joint oil) is interposed between the 

 different structures. 



How to know it — A wound, of course, is present, and a discharge 

 also is seen when it is at all serious. The character of the discharge de- 

 termines the extent of the injury ; if it is an open joint, in addition to 

 pus there will be a discharge of joint oil (synovia). Synovia is inodor- 

 ous ; has no smell ; amber colored when fresh ; whitish yellow when co- 

 agulated I thin and watery, but at the same time is of an oily nature 

 when fresh ; coagulates on exposure to the air. When the discharge 



