FEACTUBES.] 



THE HOESE, AND 



[rEACTUEES. 



takes place. The remedy is, first to draw 

 about four quarts of blood from the plate 

 vein, at the anterior part of the leg. The 

 animal should be slung, so that the feet just 

 touch the ground. This being completed, 

 bathe well with flannel dipped in hot water. 

 Eepeat this until the inflainination appears to 

 subside. Feed with cold bran mashes, and 

 give the following ball : — • 



Cape Aloes 4 drachms. 



Linseed Meal 1 do. 



Form with soft soap. 



If this should not be sufficient to keep the 

 system cool, repeat it in three days. 



Apply the following liniment to the shoul- 

 der : — 



01 Terebinth 2 oz. 



01 Oliva 2 do. 



Continue this treatment for about three 

 weeks, then give the horse a month's run at 

 grass, where he will be most likely to lie quiet. 

 By the end of this time he will probably be 

 fit for work. 



FRACTURE OF THE ARM. 



This bone is frequently fractured from its being 

 so exposed and so very liable to kicks. When it 

 occurs, however, there is a much greater proba- 

 bility of efiecting a cure of it than there is in the 

 fracture of the blade-bone. In treating for it, 

 the horse must be slung lightly, as in the pre- 

 ceding case ; but, instead of taking blood from 

 the arm, let it be taken from the jugular vein 

 of the neck. Treat in every other respect as 

 directed for the foregoing ; and take a piece of 

 very broad tape, four yards long, and bind it 

 round the fractured part tolerably tight. Let 

 it remain on two days, then remove and apply 

 more of the liniment ; after which put the tape 

 on again, and continue in this manner until 

 the horse can put his foot to the ground. 

 When he is able to do this, remove the sling, 

 and let him have a loose box for a week or 

 two before he is turned out. 



Mr. Gloag, of the 10th Hussars, tells us of 

 an entire black cart-horse, which was grazing 

 in a field into which some mares had been 

 accidentally turned. One of them kicked him 

 severely a little above the knee. He, how- 

 ever, contrived to get home ; and being care- 

 fully examined, there was found a simple frac- 

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ture of the radius, about an inch and a-half 

 above the knee. The ends of the fi-actured bone 

 could be heard distinctly grating against each 

 other, both in advancing the leg, and turning 

 it sideways from the body. He was imme- 

 diately placed in a sling not completely 

 elevated from the ground, but in which he 

 could occasionally relieve himself by standing. 

 The leg was well bathed with warm water, and. 

 the ends of the bone brought as true to their 

 position as possible. Some thin slips of green 

 wood were then immersed in boiling water 

 until they would readily bend to the shape of 

 the knee ; and they were tied round the joint, 

 reaching about nine inches above, and six below 

 the knee, the ends of them being tied round 

 with tow. 



FRACTURE OF THE ELBOW. 



This is one of those fractures which must be 

 united in the same manner as we have seen prac- 

 tised in regard to the arm. There is, however, 

 sometimes great difficulty in keeping the limb 

 sufficiently relaxed to accomplish this ; there- 

 fore, when the horse is slung, a side line should 

 be put on, or, as a makeshift, the end of a halter 

 fostened round the pastern, and passed up to 

 the sling-tackle ; the foot being drawn about 

 four inches off the ground, to relax the flexor 

 muscles. When this is done, proceed in the 

 same manner as recommended in the preceding 

 practice of the arm. 



Mr. Touatt recommends a large quantity of 

 tow, saturated with pitch, to be placed round 

 tlie elbow, and confined with firm adhesive 

 plasters, the ground being hollowed away in 

 the front of the injured leg, so that no pres- 

 sure shall be made by that foot. 



FRACTURE OF THE SHANK-BONE. 

 When a fracture of this bone takes place, it 

 may be restored, with good management ; be- 

 cause bandages and other compresses may be 

 applied with greater facility, and in greater 

 variety, after securing the horse by means of 

 assistants. The first article to have ready is 

 a leathern bandage something like a leathern 

 boot, about seven inches long, with holes in it, 

 as represented in one of the engraved sheets of 

 this work. This must be so made, that, when 

 it is laced, it should not touch the edges by a 

 quarter of an inch. Being prepared with this. 



