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may accomplish, and I could add to the list many less 

 noted cases. 



There is usually no warning of a break-down. The 

 first thing you know some morning you will find a leg 

 filled, tender to the touch, feverish, and painful when 

 the horse walks. The first thing is to get the fever 

 out. This we usualh^ accomplish by hot fomentations. 

 For fevered legs I have found this lotion very good : 



Acetic acid 1 gallon. 



Sal ammonia 4 ounces. 



Tincture asafetida 2 draclims. 



Mix : Use one ounce of the mixture to one quart of 

 water, or witch-hazel — the latter preferred. 



A bandage wet with a solution of sugar of lead and 

 laudanum is effective, keeping the bandage on for a 

 reasonable time and leaving it off for about the same 

 time, alternately. 



My favorite treatment is, after the fever is reduced, 

 to appl}^ iodine freely. The iodine will cause a slight 

 blister, but it cannot be used in connection with show- 

 ering the leg — a very cooling and beneficial treatment 

 — or with bandages. It is useless to attempt to work 

 a horse while there is any swelling or fever in the leg. 

 It is ver}^ difficult to locate trouble in the tendon, and 

 nothing can be done until the inflammation is reduced, 

 after which I have found iodine as good an application 

 as Siny. I have often tried firing horses, but with little 

 success. I have never found them as good again. 



I use iodine very freely in training, both on the well 

 and the ailing. I apply it lighth^ to the legs of colts, and 

 know that it helps to keep them right. For this pur- 



