CHAPTER A^L 



AILMENTS AND REMEDIES — CONTINUED. 



Glanders — Gorged Stomach — Lockjaw — Choking — Hooks 

 — Lice — Knuckling — Ring IjOJ^e — Spavin — Scratches — 

 Itching Skin — Overdriven Pace. 



IV/ien cooled and rested. 



Give me zvater and feed ; 

 And P U uiillingly serve you 



In time of need. 



Whenever a horse is seen to bleed or emit offensive mat- 

 ter from the nostrils, Glanders is suspected and treatment 

 should not be attempted. It may be a dangerous case, 

 which is fatal alike to man and beast. A veterinary sur- 

 geon should be called. 



Gorged Stomach results when a horse has been fed after a 

 long fast. The small stomach of a horse is so distended 

 that it is unable to contract itself upon its contents, a mo- 

 tion which is necessary in digestion. The horse becomes 

 stupid, slight colicky symptoms are observed, and he carries 

 his head low and extended. As he grows worse he paws, 

 becomes delirious, is covered with cold sweat, trembles, 

 slobbers, staggers and drops dead. Treatment is difficult. 

 A purgative of Barbadoes aloes, one ounce, should be given 

 at once, followed by Cayenne pepper, one- half ounce, or 

 Jamaica ginger, one-half ounce. If the bowels can be stim- 

 ulated to act, they will in a measure relieve the stomach. 

 For this purpose use turpentine, two ounces, and linseed oil, 

 eight ounces. 



