Seotion VI. 



ON THE HYGIENIC TEEATMENT OP THE 

 SICK HOESE. 



AETIOLES OF DIET. 

 BAELET WATEB. 

 KIOE WATEK. 

 BOILED EIOE. 

 HAT TEA. 

 GEUBL. 



MILK. 

 MALT. 



GEEEN FOOD. 

 HOUSmG SIOK HOESES. 

 LOOSE BOXES. 

 CLOTHING SIOK HORSES. 



One of the most important matters in the treatment of animals 

 when diseased, especially during the period of convalescence or 

 recovery, is their hygienic or dietetic management. It is a 

 species of knowledge indispensable to veterinary surgeons ; 

 and yet from the false views which are generally entertained, 

 not only by the medical profession at large, but also by the 

 majority of all classes, with regard to the power of the vital 

 force to rectify the organism when diseased, hygienic treat- 

 ment (ia relation to the state in question) has not received a 

 tithe of that attention which it merits. So long, indeed, as it 

 continues an article of belief that physic cwres disease, so long 

 will those who practise the healing art refrain from the study 

 of hygiene, and of the healing power of the vital force ; — both 

 of which are to be considered as holding an inseparable relation 

 to each other. 



The only power which cures disease is the vital power : and 

 the utmost that medicine can do— and I at once admit that it is 



