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disease, though it may, by care in feeding and watering, 

 be very much relieved." 



In testing a horse for his wind he should be 

 galloped only. Squeezing the throat to make him 

 cough is a barbarous custom which can do no good, 

 but may be conducive to harm. 



In some horses worms always exist in a greater or 

 less degree. Unless they do so in large numbers they 

 are not injurious. Their presence is indicated in the 

 latter case by the skin being what is termed ' hide- 

 bound,' and it has also a rusty appearance. 



There is frequendy a cough, or they may cause 

 gripes, and I have known a case in which megrims 

 have been produced by them. A dose of aloes, fol- 

 lowed by a dose of calomel, will be found efficacious ; 

 but I may as well remark that calomel cannot be 

 administered to a horse as freely as to a human being. 

 I have cured several horses by injecting linseed-oil. 

 The worms which cause the greatest trouble, and 

 which are the most difficult to eradicate, are the ' bots,' 

 which are the larv^ of the gadfly. 



A horse requires very careful preparation for work. 

 In the first instance, he must be fed on bran mashes 

 and chaff, in order to bring him into a condition fit for 

 physic, when the usual five-drachm ball of aloes may 

 be given. Very little hay and bran mashes may be 

 allowed him, and walking exercise will help the physic 

 to act ; but so soon as the latter commences he must 

 be left alone in the stable. If he can be induced to 

 drink it, warm water must be given to drink; but where 

 the animal cannot be induced to drink warm, a very 



* I may as well remark that broken wind is a totally different com- 

 plaint from either roaring or whistling. — Ed. 



