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THE CIRCULATION. 



are feeding, air, and exercise. In the first place, irregularity of feed- 

 ing, even of the best of food, will produce disease ; but when with 

 this is combined the giving of tainted or musty hay or grain, the 

 difficulty is greatly aggravated. 



rf Ventilation. — The stable should be neither 



too hot nor too cold. The horse will show 

 the effect in a few days by coughing or 

 having slight irritation of the mucous mem- 

 brane of the throat. 



A horse can take cold as easily by going 

 out of the cold air into a hot stable, as he 

 can by going from a hot stable into cold air, 

 and vice versa. It is the sudden change of 

 temperature which produces the change on 

 the mucous coat of the larynx and of the 

 throat. 



The clothing of the horse in the stable 

 should be neither too heavy nor too light. 

 If kept too warm, he will be more likely to 

 take cold when he goes out to exercise on a 

 cold or chilly day. 



To keep a horse doing well, constant at- 

 tention is necessary to little things — watch- 

 fulness in driving ; if the road is heavy, and 

 the horse shows fatigue or is warming up 

 excessively, hold him up and fet out on 

 smooth, descending pieces of road — a very 

 little driving without regard to this pru- 

 dence will often get a horse " off his feed," 

 if not cause sickness ; properly clothing and 

 protecting a horse when warm after a drive ; 

 care not to give so much cold water as to 

 chill ; if there is chill or inclination to fever, 

 or the horse is " off his feed " after a drive, 

 giving a little fever medicine, with any other 

 prompt measures to relieve the derangement 

 may prevent a very severe attack of con- 

 if not save the life of the horse. It is 



Fig. 698.— Sweat Gland, Mag- 

 nified 40 Diameters. 



b, b, Canal; c, Gland; d, 

 Opening on surface; e, Per- 

 forated epidermis. 



at its commencement, 



gestion or inflammation, 



in attention to these little things that the real key of the owner's 



success lies in the care of his horses. 



The simplest and best methods of treatment for all the ordinary 

 causes of sickness and lameness will be found on the following pages. 



