CHAPTEE XI 

 Common Ailments 



A SHORT chapter will be of value on those 

 minor ailments of Tvhich every horse-owner is 

 likely sooner or later to have experience, but the 

 more obscure or serious diseases will be left to the 

 attention of the veterinary surgeon. The rem- 

 edies given are as simple as possible, as elaborate 

 concoctions are often neither procurable at short 

 notice in an emergency nor of any particular ad- 

 vantage to any one but the druggist. 



It may be mentioned that the commonest causes 

 of diseases of the bowels and urinar}" organs are 

 bad food and water, hence in such cases an entire 

 change of forage will probably be necessary. Dis- 

 eases of the chest (coughs, colds, etc.) are most 

 frequently due to bad ventilation, exposure, neg- 

 lect ; diseases of the skin to bad grooming, bad 

 forage, or barley straw : diseases of the feet to 

 bad shoeing and neglect ; and thrush, cracked 

 heels, and grease to neglect and bad management. 

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