CHAPTER XXXIX 



FIRST AID IN DISEASE AND LAMENESS 



IN all the varied walks of life it has been thor- 

 oughly demonstrated that it requires neither a 

 stretching of the imagination, nor logical reasoning, 

 to establish the fact that the best results can only 

 be obtained by employing the best available means, 

 and it is but natural that those equipped by educa- 

 tion and experience should in a broad sense consti- 

 tute that means. If there is anything that demands 

 the best care and treatment from us, it is the horse, 

 and upon this care much of his usefulness depends. 

 Therefore, it would seem the proper thing to select 

 for a care taker the most experienced and humanely 

 disposed person it is possible to secure, and to em- 

 ploy the skill of the veterinarian for his ailments, but 

 there are times and circumstances when the veterina- 

 rian is not available, and to meet this phase of the 

 subject is the object of this short sketch. With the 

 veterinarian miles away, and the case demanding im- 

 mediate attention, those owning, as well as being 

 entrusted with the care of, the animals should be 

 provided with a few rules to be observed in emer- 

 gencies. 



Perhaps the most common trouble with the horse 

 is spasmodic colic, and this is so common that nearly 

 all horsemen will detect it at a glance, the symptoms 

 being very similar in all cases i. e. } lying down and 

 rolling from side to side, and showing a strong in- 

 clination to lie on the back, with feet elevated and 



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