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severe and painful blisters was condemned 

 as being both brutal and useless, and the 

 hope was expressed that firing as a treatment 

 for horses would soon be as completely- 

 abandoned as it has long since been for man, 

 although it was once the fashionable resort of 

 surgeons — but that was before the days of 

 chloroform, when people liked giving pain. 

 The necessity of rest for all cases involving 

 pain was insisted upon, pain being, as was 

 pointed out, Nature's hint to stop. 



Disinfecting in actual practice was dis- 

 cussed, and here great ignorance was shown. 

 There is nothing simpler. Procure a gallon 

 of any disinfectant, read the directions on 

 the cask, mix in the proportions indicated, 

 and simply wash the parts with a sponge. 

 For example, order a gallon cask of J eyes' 

 Fluid or "Eukotas" from any chemist, pour 

 a cupful of the fluid into a bucket of hot 

 water ; wash all parts as directed with this, 

 wipe up thoroughly, and pour the remaining 

 fluid down the sink when finished. The 

 more disinfectants there are about the stable 

 the better : horses like them ; micro-organ- 

 isms die at the touch of them. 



