THE CIMCULATION. 



409 



I would add in this connection that there are really but few 

 diseases which are- very dangerous or common to horses, and if the 



owner can be so aided 

 as to successfully man- 

 age these difficulties, 

 such knowledge must 

 be invaluable to him. 

 These difficulties com- 

 prise colic, inflamma- 

 tion of the lungs, found- 

 er, n a v i c u 1 a r - j o i n t 

 lameness, and shoeing. 

 A horse may die in a 

 few hours from 'a severe 

 attack of colic, if not 

 promptly treated ; yet 

 it is a difficulty easily 

 managed, if one knows 

 what to dp, and it is 

 done promptly. An 

 attack of pneumonia 

 is a very serious 

 thingj but during its 

 first stages it is easily controlled if taken in hand at once. A horse 

 that is foundered^ if not treated promptly, is practically ruined, as a 

 change of structure quickly results ; yet every case of acute founder 

 or Iaminitis is curable, 

 and not only this, but 

 the treatment is so sim- 

 ple that it is not at all 

 difficult to comprehend 

 or apply. In shoeing, a 

 horse badly or improp- 

 erly shod, no matter 

 how good- the feet, if. 

 the hoofs are thin, is' 

 liable to be soon prac- 

 tically ruined. 



The treatment for 

 these difficulties will be 

 found to be particularly 

 careful and thorough. There are, of course, many other difficulties 



Fro. 699.— Horizontal Section Through the Middle Plane 



of Three Peyerian Glands/Showing the Distribution 



of the Blood-vessels in their Interior. 



Fig. 700.— Section of the Liver of a Rabbit, with the 

 Hepatic or Intralobular Veins Injected. 



