FIRST-HAND BITS OF STABLE LORE 



been tied with strings. This will help toward 

 cure : 



Iodide of Potassium I ounce 



Carbonate of Ammonia I ounce 



Powdered Gentian i ounce 



Eight balls (or drench if throat is still sore) ; two each day 

 for four days. 



Soft food is indicated, but very little of any- 

 thing will be eaten. If weakness continues, the 

 strength may be maintained, and heart stimulated, 

 by doses of whiskey and quinine at frequent inter- 

 vals ; or this treatment may begin at the first indi- 

 cation of disease. 



Soft and easily digested food should be the 

 rule for some weeks after recovery, for a latent 

 weakness a sort of low fever remains and 

 any over-exertion may cause a relapse. Exercise 

 must gradually increase. 



Of course few or none of these occurrences may 

 result. The horse may escape with a trifling 

 dulness for a few days that will hardly be notice- 

 able, and not even affect his ability for light work. 



If this fresh or "green " horse is put directly 

 to gentle, steady work, whereby he gets regularly 

 into the open air ; if he is neither over-heated, nor 

 allowed to chill when warm ; if kidneys and bowels 



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