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irritation of the skin, or acute Grease, others with acute 

 Lymphatites ; and unless managed with skill, and that too of no 

 common order, so as to prevent the occurrence of one or more of 

 the diseases in question, weeks may elapse ere they recover and 

 become fit for efficient service. A skilful groom can manage 

 such animals in a way which to the novice may appear perfectly 

 simple. Skilful nurses, without doubt, have saved many 

 valuable human lives. Such a man in any large horse-keeping 

 establishment, or where horses are kept of great value, is simply 

 invaluable. He is in short, so to speak, the right-hand and 

 indispensable factotum to such a place. 



Before concluding the present section, it is necessary to 

 advert to many other matters relatiQg to the business of 

 grooming; such as how to deal with a horse brought to the 

 stable in a state of excessive perspiration ; the temperature of 

 the stable ; the exercising of horses ; their hours of feeding, 

 -when not at work : the advantage of immediately clothing the 

 aaimal when wet from exposure to rain, or from being recently 

 washed; the proper method of adjusting the body clothing upon 

 the horse ; and of fastening bandages to the limbs. These 

 considerations, and others of similar character, it is of im- 

 portance to the novice that he should have at hand, together 

 with directions relating to them, which are at once suitable 

 and available to his wants. 



Treatment oe the Hoese whett Peespiriing. — As a 

 general rule, when the horse is brought to the stable in this 

 state, it is desisable to walk him gently to and fro until the skin 

 becomes dry ; but this, from various reasons, may not always be 

 practicable. The hour at which the animal is brought in 

 may be late, or the horse may be exhausted, or the weather 

 may be severely cold, so that exposure in this way is out of the 

 question, or any or all of these obstacles may exist in association ; 



