114 Management and Treatment of the Horse. 



give half a pound of new yeast two or three 

 times a day; pour cold water with great force 

 upon its feet every hour, day and night. 



BLEEDING. 



In inflammation there is a diminished action, 

 that is, diminished contractility of the small 

 arteries, with increased action of the heart, and 

 the two together keep up that dilated condition 

 of the small vessels which is the essence of in- 

 flammation. It is obvious that there are two ways 

 by which these small vessels may be restored to 

 their healthy degree of contraction, the first is 

 by lessening the quantity of blood to the part 

 and the second by increasing the contractility. 

 In acute inflammation both these remedies are 

 required. If the inflammation be recent, the 

 small vessels may recover themselves if at once 

 relieved from the undue quantity of blood sent 

 from the heart. In this case the abstraction of 

 blood and using depressing remedies will suffice; 

 but if the inflammation be chronic, the small 

 vessels may have so lost their contractility as not 

 to recover themselves, though the blood circulates 

 through them in diminished quantity, and in this 

 case such remedies must be used. as will restore 

 the lost contractility; precisely the same treat- 

 ment is required as in congestion. The treat- 

 ment of inflammation is two-fold. It consists in 

 diminishing the quantity of blood sent out by 

 the heart on the one hand, and restoring the lost 

 contractility on the other. As increased action 



