MODE OF BANDAGtMO. 



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It will be seen, that unless the remedy proposed is practically applicaole, 

 the preparation thereof would l)e wholly unprofitable; therefore, when the 

 poultice, the steaming, or the blistering, be found necessary, we should en- 

 deavour to secure it in the best possible manner ; and as most persons are out 

 poor horse milliners, I have undertaken in this instance, as well as in cases 

 Df Strangles, Poll-evil, and Vives, to exhibit the best means of retaining the 

 remedies in their proper places. 



The cloth to be employed should be of stout but supple linen, as Russia 

 duck: or hempen sail-cloth; or in failure hereof, a fresh sheep-skin, or a piece 

 of Shamoy leather might be substituted. 



Some recommend steeping the cloth in a solution of gummy substances, to 

 render it water-tight ; but such contrivances only add to its unconquerable 

 stiffness, and I should prefer oiled silk, such as used for umbrellas, if readily 

 procurable, and not too dear for the pockets of those more immediately con- 

 cerned. 



When spread abroad, the cloth will be of an irregular octagon shape, at each 

 corner whereof it is to be strongly sewed on a piece of broad tape for the pur- 

 pose of fastening to the girth, or round the neck, or to a breasting of broad 

 web, which is supported by another piece, that passes over the withers, and 

 which two should be previously fastened together by stitching the cross-pieco 

 ends upon the breasting. The two extremes of the bandage will be the fillet 

 across the forehead and the fastening at the girth ; therefore measure should be 

 previously taken of the whole length proper for the individual patient, lest the 

 tie, which would otherwise be necessary at the ears, might discommode tho 

 animal, and occasion skittishness ; or on the other hand, the application would 

 not be kept in its place properly. A single glance, however, at the cut will 

 instruct a tolerably expert workman, or work-woman, how to manufacture 

 such a bandage as would answer every purpose. 



THE COUGH 



Which accompanies this disorder will frequently remain afler the other symp- 

 toms have abated ; in some cases a cough is the only symptom of catarrhal in- 

 flammation that the animal suffers under, and in bioth we should apply our- 

 irelves to reduce the inflammation of the wind-pipe, «fcc. which sceasions the 



