SECTION XIII. 



HORSE MANAGEMENT, ETC. 



Prolapsus Ani — Hemorrhoids, or Piles — Pricking and Nicking Horses Taim 

 — Docking Horses — Anemia — The Use and Abuse of the Curry-comb — 

 Horses and Cattle should have a supply of Pure Water — Galled Back 

 — The Heart — The quantity of Blood contained in a Horse's Body — 

 Rapidity of the Circulation — The transfusion of Blood — Management 

 of the Horses put in the Stable — Strangles. 



Prolapsus Ani (Falling op the Fundament or Kectum). 



PROLAPSUS ANI, or protrusion of the rectum, is a calamity 

 much to be dreaded. Fortunately it very rarely occurs, yet 

 when it does, a valuable horse is almost sure to be the subject; 

 hence it is a matter of importance that persons who own valu- 

 able horses should know something about the nature and treat- 

 ment of this mishap. The best authority on this subject is Mr. 

 Percivall, from whose works the following is quoted : 



"It consists in inversion and prolapse of the mucous coat of 

 the rectum, either confined to the mucous membrane itself, or 

 otherwise involving more or less of the entire substance of the 

 intestine along with it. The aspect of the protrusion will mainly 

 depend on the nature and volume of the parts ejected, and upon 

 the time such evolution has been in existence. When recent, so 

 readily does tumefaction (swelling) of the parts follow their pro- 

 trusion, that this speedily opposes all attempts at return, should 

 the animal make any, though, in truth, his efforts in general have 

 the effect of straining more gut out, and through his straining, in 

 some cases, tearing the membrane, and thus augmenting instead 

 of diminishing the evolution as well. In this manner arises a 

 large (sometimes enormous) rotund, red, wrinkled redness of skin, 

 consisting of cylinders of mucous membrane, having an aperture 



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