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ture-saturated air. At such times the horse that 

 has indigestion, a heavy, unhealthy coat of hair, a 

 skin or kidney trouble or any affection of the brain 

 or heart is the one that must be most carefully 

 watched and worked. 



With the hope of preventing attacks feed light 

 rations, no corn, no mashes, no ground feed other 

 than bran ; avoid green grass, unless the horses are 

 on it all of the time ; do not feed hay at noon ; allow 

 cool, pure drinking water often when horses are at 

 work; keep stables clean, darkened, screened, and 

 ventilated; shade the polls of the horses' heads 

 during work time and in such a way that air passes 

 freely under the shading device. 



In sunstroke the horse falls and soon succumbs. 

 In heat exhaustion he lags, stops sweating, pants, 

 staggers, skin is dry, nostrils dilated, membranes 

 of eyes and nostrils red. High fever is present. 

 Treat by keeping cold, wet packs to the poll of 

 head or letting a stream of cold water run over it. 

 Shower body with cold water from a sprinkling 

 can. Stand horse in shady place under a tree 

 where air passes. Give stimulants freely in water 

 as a drench every hour at first, then less often as 

 symptoms abate. A suitable stimulant is whiskey 

 in half pint doses, or a mixture of one part of 

 aromatic spirits of ammonia and two parts each of 

 alcohol and sweet spirits of niter. Dose is two 

 ounces in half pint water. Do not bleed horse or 

 give aconite. Give half ounce doses of saltpeter in 

 water twice daily as horse recovers. Call the 

 veterinarian in sunstroke cases. 



HERNIA. A protrusion of any portion of the 

 bowels or their coverings through a break in the 

 walls of the abdomen. A rupture, for that is the 

 popular term, is most common in horses. Often 



