23 TETERINARY 



On Fomentations and Poultices. 



FOMENTATIONS and POULTICES are very 



useful applications for removing inflammation, pro- 

 moting suppuration, &c. The first need to be 

 simple warm water only, as it will answer every' 

 purpose of its application, if persisted in for a due 

 length of time ; and where poultices are required, 

 the common bran, boiled in water one hour, and 

 used when sufficiently cold, or with an addition of 

 linseed meal, will be found the best. The poultice 

 should be changed when it is become cold,, and 

 repeated as often as found necefsary. 



On the Teething of Horses. 



AS it is a well-known fact, that most animals are 

 subject to violent diseases during the time of 

 teething, so too much care cannot be taken of 

 horses at this time : for it is observed, that until 

 the age of live years, when the teeth become com- 

 plete, they are subject to the most dangerous dis- 

 eases; such as violent colds, strangles, inflamma- 

 tion of the lungs. Young horses being naturally 

 more irritable than old horses at this time, the ir- 

 ritability is much increased, the circulation from 

 exertion is much more rapid, and the glands 

 more liable to become obstructed. To prevent 



