BANDAGING THB EACB HORSB 



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We are often asked — can bandaging be 

 done in connection with the use'of Save-the- 

 Horse? Our answer is: yes, most as- 

 suredly if bandaging is desired or if it is 

 required and can be properly applied. 



We wish to emphasize — bandaging is 

 not a necessary adjunct, as a matter of fact, 

 it is not needed excepting only for certain 

 serious injuries or diseases of the tendons. 



In the dextrous hands of the trainer 

 it has long been discovered that by combin- 

 ing these two masterful forces, i.e. : bandag- 

 ing and Save-the-Horse for serious and 

 complicated injuries and diseases of tendon, 

 horses may 4)e prepared, trained and un- 

 dergo the most strenuous campaigning 



Here are a few points or suggestions in connection with the use 

 of bandaging, the ignorance or over sight of which are the reasons for 

 harmful or poor results. 



The most important requirement in bandaging is to use a thick 

 layer of sheet cotton. Extra cotton should be put on at both ex- 

 tremities and let the cotton extend beyond the bandage at both ex- 

 tremities. If a tendon is bowed or ruptured under cotton it is al- 

 ways at one or the other extremity, it never happens directly under 

 the cotton; therefore by using a plentiful supply of cotton especially 

 at both ends the bandage can be drawn snug without danger of cord- 

 ing the leg. Unless extra cotton is used at the extremities the band- 

 age should not be drawn as tight at the ends as in the center. 



It is especially important to always use a plentiful supply of sheet 

 cotton in the above manner when the horse is worked in bandages. 



Bandage as close to the knee and fetlock as it is possible without 

 interfering with the action of the joint. 



The illustrations, Fig. I and 2 at the head of this article clearly 

 show the proper method of starting and winding a bandage. After 

 tying the bandage slip a rubber band over the horse's foot and up the 

 leg letting it remain around the top where the bandage is tied, as 

 in figure I and the bandage will remain in place even thotigh the 

 horse is raced. 



A bandage without the cotton must be kept constantly wet, other- 

 wise, if it dries it will shrink and become so tight as to often cause 

 serious trouble. If one wishes to omit the cotton, precaution should 

 always be taken to keep the bandage wet 



The method of using Save-the-Horse in connection with bandag- 

 ing is described under Filled Tendon, and also Strain of Suspensory 

 Ligament" in this book. 



