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CYCLOPEDIA Of UCVE SIOCK AND COMPLETE STOCK DOCTOR. 



smaller ones extending in every direction, to act as feeders thereto ; also, 

 outlets to the several parts and corners of the stable. See that there 

 is descent enough to have a rajiid flow of the sewage. 



The next point to be attended to is to build the shell or walls so as to 

 secure light enough. Right here is the chief defect in most city stables. 

 Nothing is so weakening to the eyes as to be kept continuously in a dark 

 place. When a horse thus stabled goes out into the glaring sunshine, the 

 eyes cannot immediately adapt themselves to the new order of things, 

 and see ol)jects dimly, uncertainly, and with a squint, and hence he is 

 apt to shy and otherwise misbehave. But this is not the only injurious 

 consequence. It is a frequent cause of congestion of some of the inner 

 sensitive parts of the eye, leading on to inflamnjatiQn, and perhaps to 

 blindness. If a small window is made at the head of each horse, it 

 sliould be placed at least two feet above his head, so as not to have the 

 light shining directly into his ej'es ; but the best arrangement is to have 

 the whole place lighted with a diffused light. 



Next, as to the stalls. Let the plan always include one or more box 

 stalls, in which to place a sick or lame horse, as it is downright cruelty 

 to confine a sick horse. Have the box stall so constructed that it can be 

 darkened at will, as without this 

 you could not properly care for a 

 horse suffering with eye disease. 

 Let the box stalls have a level 

 floor, as it is not only fatiguing but 

 absolutely injurious to the joints 

 of the feet and legs to stand on a 

 sloping floor. The boxes should not 

 b*^ less than ten feet square. 



The common stalls should be 

 from four to five feet wide, re- 

 membering that five is preferable to 

 four ; for horses are apt to get 

 cast in narrow stalls, and, besides, 

 they have less comfort when lying 

 down . The floor of the stalls should 

 slope a little, just enough to have 

 the urine drain off, that is, from one 

 to two inches, one inch being pre- 

 ferable. There is nothing more 

 injurious to the tendons, legs and 

 feet than floors built, as many are, 

 to slope from five to eight inches. 



POINTS OF THE LEG. 



Showing the location of syn- 

 ovial membranes and joint 

 oil. 



INJURED TEN- 

 DONS. 



The result of sloping 

 floors. 



