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with the maintenance of the tendons in better 

 condition. Bandages should be removed night 

 and morning, and then reapplied, taking care not 

 to obstruct the circulation by adjusting them too 

 tightly. If any portion of the body surface has 

 been blistered, it is necessary to see that such 

 does not become abraded, by clothing or other 

 tackle. The application of vaseline or lard 

 will usually be found efficacious under these 

 circumstances. Fresh drinking water should 

 be supplied three times per day, and when medi- 

 cine is ordered to be added to this, which it fre- 

 quently is by veterinary surgeons, care must be 

 taken not to add more water each time than the sick 

 animal will be likely to consume. A good deal 

 of febrifuge medicine is given in this manner, and 

 here it may be worthy of mention that a saline 

 laxative for the horse exists in the form of 

 Epsom; salts, given in half-ounce doses, Mis- 

 solved in the drinking water, say night and 

 morning, until the desired effect has been 

 produced. There is a popular, though erro- 

 neous supposition, that it is necessary to give 

 a sick horse tepid water to drink, which it very 

 seldom appreciates. As a drink, there is 



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