HORSE MANAGEMENT, ETC. 397 



Anemia. 



This signifies an impoverished state of the blood, usnally ocv- 

 casioned by want of nutritious food and exposure to inclement 

 weather. I was called, a short time ago, to see a yearling, said 

 to be ailing and unthrifty, and had been so for some time. 



Symptojns. — The principal symptoms were as follows: The 

 head, face, and eyes were in a dropsical condition and much swol- 

 len ; underneath the heart, and along the lower part of the abdo- 

 men, dropsical swellings were also observed; the membranes of 

 the mouth and nose appeared pale, almost bloodless ; the pulse waa 

 quite slow, and the action of the heart feeble; the respirations 

 were somewhat hurried, yet the lungs were not expanded to their 

 full capacity. I was informed that the urine was thick, and of a 

 cream-like color, and the feces hard and scanty. The muscular 

 system was spare and wiry ; the ribs could be easily counted, and 

 the animal was unsteady on his legs. From such symptoms aa 

 these the reader will perceive that the case was one of debility. 

 and from the fact that the animal had been confined to an innu 

 tritious diet, or, rather, like a hen, had to scratch for a living 

 It will also be inferred that the debility was the result of partial 

 ■rtarvation. 



Treatment. — I gave the animal one drachm of sulphate of iron^ 

 and three ounces of the fluid extract of resin weed per day, dur- 

 ing a period of ten days. At the same time, he was liberally fed 

 on oats and good timothy hay, under which treatment he rapidly 

 gained in health and strength, and soon recovered. 



Anemia (Thinning of the Blood). 



1 do not advocate that the curry-comb shall be entirely dis- 

 pensed with ; for, in the first place, it is needed for the purpose a" 

 removing scurf and dirt which has been removed from th3 ex 

 ternal surface of the body by means of the brush, and, probably 

 this was the intention of the man who first invented a curry- 

 comb, and, in the next place, the curry-comb may be n?eded to 

 ccratch off or remove mud that may have become dry and ptiff on 

 tb€ limbs of horses ; and for these reasons, if for no others, 1 sup- 

 pose we can not dispense with the curry-comb. There are some 

 parts where the curry-comb should not be used — for example, oo 



