Veterinary Remarks. 225 



FILLED LEGS AND LAMINITIS. 



These ailments are frequent causes of trouble 

 among horses on board ship, especially during 

 fine weather ; and their best remedies are 

 exercise and cotton wadding bandaging. 

 In many cases, exercise has unfortunately to 

 be restricted to that which can be obtained 

 from the rolling and pitching of the ship. 

 The object of cotton wadding bandaging is 

 to supply evenly distributed pressure, which 

 has the effect of quickening the circulation of 

 the bandaged part, and thereby preventing the 

 escape of an excess of watery material from the 

 blood vessels into the tissues, and hastening 

 the removal of such an effusion, if it be present. 

 The method of applying these bandages is as 

 follows : " Take two yards of cotton wadding 

 (which can be obtained from any draper), and 



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