PRATTS POINTERS ON THE HORSE 



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DROPSY OF ABDOMEN. 



droops, the horse will 

 not eat, the mouth is 

 dry. By pressing on 

 the abdomen the horse 

 will groan. The horse 

 will lie down and re- 

 main in one position 

 for a long while. The 

 horse will be very thirsty, and by slapping one side of 

 the horse and placing the ear to the other, the water can 

 be detected. The horse will be hide-bound and the hair 

 in his tail will drop out. When the disease reaches this 

 stage the horse dies. Where Pratts Food, Pratts Ani- 

 mal Regulator or Pratts Condition Powder is fed regu- 

 larly dropsy does not occur, and we can also recommend 

 these remedies as the greatest cures known. They 

 should be given in double doses in gruel form at first, 

 and gradually reduced until the bowels become natural, 

 mixing with the regular feed. We also recommend 

 applying small blisters to the abdomen. The animal 

 must not be worked while affected by dropsy. In ac- 

 cordance with our note on page 119, to give another 

 remedy, we mention : One scruple of extract of bella- 

 donna ; one-quarter grain of strychnine ; half a drachm 

 of iodide of iron ; and add enough powdered quassia 



