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In constructing the Body Sacking, observe the following 



essentials in its arrangement : — 



Fig. 22. 



I. — Its form when buckled upon the body should accu- 

 rately correspond to the form of the body of the horse. 



II. — It should be eight or ten inches longer than the 

 circumference of the body of a large-sized horse, to afford 

 sufficient space for the wet rug, when applied to the body of 

 the patient. 



III. — The straps should be two, or two-and-a-half inches 

 in width, and of considerable strength. 



lY. — The straps should traverse the entire length of the 

 sacking, being stitched thereto a little over half their length. 

 The straps should have so much freedom of end as to allow 

 of the ends of the Body Sacking folding over, should the 

 patient be a small-sized animal ; by which means it can be as 

 tightly buckled as though it were fixed to a large-bodied 



