Diseases of the Horse. 



THBIB CAUSES; HOW TO ENOW, AND HOW TO CXTBE THEIL 



CHAPTER I. 



I. DinKWCCTIOM.— — n. KXTKRNAL MANIFSSTAnOIV OF URWASB, 



I. Introduction. 



The various diseases to which the horse is subject, embrace nearly all 

 those afflicting the human family, and including among them, as most 

 common, diseases of the skin and its integuments, those of the muscles, 

 of the ligaments, and of the bones, quite rare in the human family, and 

 to which the horse might be completely exempt, were it not for the igno- 

 rance, and in very many cases the brutality of the master in over-driving, 

 over-weighting, leaping, beating, neglect in clothing when heated, care- 

 lessness in grooming, want of proper ventilation in stables, and the 

 withholding of proper and sufficient food. Take away these causes of 

 disease and the labors of the veterinary surgeon would be light. We 

 should see but little of caries of the bones, causing degeneration of the 

 substance ; of spavin, curb, ringbone, splint ; of injuries to the sinews 

 and tendons, causing breaking down ; swellings and other of the most 

 serious afflictions ; poll evil and other fistulous diseases ; of fractures ; of 

 rheumatism ; founder, including grease, inflamed glands and veins, cracks 

 of the hoofs, quittor, hernia, and all that class of diseases attacking the 

 faithful servant of man, and henceforth rendering him useless for the 

 purposes of pleasure or profitable labor. Instead of ending the sufferings 

 of the tortured animal by mercifully taking its life, many owners for the 

 «ftke of the few paltry dollars received, transfer the once favorite steed 



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