SECTION XIII. 
HORSE MANAGEMENT, ETC. 
Pron.aprsus ANI—HemMOoRRUHOIDS, OR PILES—PRICKING AND Nickine Horses Tatts 
—Dockine Horses—An#mM1A—TuHE User anp ABUSE or THE CURRY-COMB—~ 
HorszEs AND CATTLE SHOULD HAVE A SUPPLY OF PurE WaTeER—GALLED Back 
—Tue Heart—Tue Quantity oF BLoop CONTAINED In A Horsz’s Bopy— 
RaPIDITY OF THE CIRCULATION—THE TRANSFUSION OF BLOOD—MANAGEMENY 
or tue Horses PUT IN THE STABLE—STRANGLES, 
Prouapsus ANr (FALLING OF THE FUNDAMENT oR ReEcruM) 
ROLAPSUS ANI, or protrusion of the rectum, is a calamity 
much to be dreaded. Fortunately it very rarely occurs, yet 
when it does, a valuable horse is almost sure to be the subject; 
hence it is a matter of importance that persons who own valu- 
able horses should know something about the nature and treat- 
ment of this mishap. The best authority on this subject is Mr. 
PERCIVALL, from whose works the following is quoted: 
“Tt consists in inversion and prolapse of the mucous coat of 
the rectum, either confined to the mucous membrane itself, or 
otherwise involving more or less of the entire substance of the 
intestine along with it. The aspect of the protrusion will mainly 
diepend on the nature and volume of the parts ejected, and upon 
the time such evolution has been in existence. When receut, so 
readily does tumefaction (swelling) of the parts follow their pro- 
trusion, that this speedily opposes all attempts at return, should 
the animal make any, though, in truth, his efforts in genera] have 
the effect of straining more gut out, and through his straining, in 
some cases, tearing the membrane, and thus augmenting instead 
of diminishing the evolution as well. In this manner arises a 
large (sometimes enormous) rotund, red, wrinkled redness of skia, 
consisting of cylinders of mucous membrane, having an aperture 
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