CHAPTER XIII 



THE HUNTER IN HOSPITAL 



Wherever there is a stud of hunters, it is 

 tolerably certain that cases of sickness will 

 occur, no matter how good the stud-groom's 

 management may be. It is an excellent plan 

 to have, in every hunting establishment, two 

 or three loose-boxes detached from the main 

 building, and retained expressly for the treat- 

 ment of animals in hospital. The expediency 

 of this at once becomes obvious when one 

 considers the infective nature of certain 

 maladies such as influenza, strangles, &c. 

 The immediate isolation of a single case or 

 even of a suspected one, may be the means 

 of saving the proprietor endless work and 

 worry. It must be borne in mind, however, 

 that it is practically useless to effect isolation 

 of any particular animal and yet the same 



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