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be exercised for a short time, so as to 

 prevent what is called a chill. When 

 he can be attended to, the legs should 

 be first well dried, and then bandaged, 

 a blanket being thrown over the body 

 meanwhile ; when all the legs have 

 been so treated, the body may then be 

 groomed, and when this has been 

 finished, \i necessary, the bandages may 

 be removed from the legs, and these 

 thoroughly brushed out. It is very 

 dangerous to allow the skin to dry by 

 simple evaporation, and especially in a 

 cold or draughty stable ; as pleurisy, 

 bronchitis, and inflammation of the 

 lungs or intestines are very often the 



