TREATMENT FOR LYMPHANGITIS 



In tMs dijsease make tlie treatment with Save-the-Horse when 

 |he horse comes in from work or exercise. If the swelling sub- 

 sides when the horse is driven, treatment can then be confined 

 to the parts directly over the seat of the weakness or lesion;. this 

 is usually at the hock or ankle. 



In the early or acute stage bathe the affected parts or the en- 

 tire swollen area with hot water for 15 or 20 minutes once each 

 day. Make sure the parts are thoroughly dry and apply Save- 

 the-Horse thoroughly with the brush. In ten minutes more 

 cover with a thick layer of sheet cotton and over this run a dry 

 bandage (use roller bandage). A plentiful supply of sheet cot- 

 ton should be used then the bandage can be run fairly snug. 

 Leave the bandage on over night or until the horse is exercised 

 the next day. In bandaging cover from below the ankle to the 

 hock or above where sweHing extends. For the proper method 

 of bandaging refer to the article in this book on ' ' Bandaging the 

 Race Horse.'* 



Use the hot water regardless of any swelling at the start but 

 if the swelling persists after a few days ' treatment, then chango 

 to cold water- 

 As quickly as the inflammation or fever is removed and the 

 swelling subsides the bandaging may be omitted. This usually 

 takes place in about two weeks and then treatment should be 

 made in accordance with the directions on the bottle. Should 

 the fever and inflammation not yet be gone and the leg begin to 

 swell again, resort to the bandage as before for another week or 

 two. 



Apply this treatment daily. 



In the acute or first stage rest horse about forty-eight hours. 

 Then gently exercise for about twenty minutes three times a 

 day, gradually increasing the exercise. If caused by too much 

 food and not enough exercise, as quickly as the trouble is noticed 

 give one dose only of aloes, one ounce, dissolve in half a pint of 

 boiling water, add half a pint of cold water. Also give half an 

 ounce of nitrate of potassium in the drinking water three times 

 a day. 



When caused by over-working and poor food, or from debili- 

 tating diseases, such as influenza and distemper, treatment should 

 be of a stimulating and tonic nature; then Save-the-Horse Re- 

 storative and Condition Powders in conjunction with the appli- 

 cation of Save-the-Horse as above outlined will greatly hasten 

 the recovery. 



The horse should be fed sparingly of pure, clean food ; if in 

 winter a little hay or roots ; if in summer, give grass, but little 

 or no corn; for grain use bran, oats and linseed meal. 



