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(29.) Lead the horse carefully into and out of the stable. Accus- 

 tom him to stand quite still till you are seated. Start at a walk, 

 and go slowly the first and last mile. 



(30.) Never use the whip if you can help it. It will then always 

 be available as a last resource. 



(31.) Be always on your guard, just feeling the mouth with the 

 bit, lightly and steadily. 



(32.) If a horse shies, neither whip him nor pat him, but speak 

 encouraginglj', and let him come slowly towards the object. 



(33.) If you value your own life, the lives of others, or your 

 horse, never drive fast in the dark, or in a town. 



(34.) Never add your own weight to a load that is already heavy 

 enough. Get out and walk when yoa ascend a hill. If you stop 

 on a hill, put a stone behind the wheel. 



(35,) Never tease or tickle the horse, 



(36.) Don't forget that old horses, like old men, lose their teeth 

 and their chewing abilities ; therefore, bruise the oats and corn, 

 and chop the hay 'for the old nags who can't get " store teeth." 



Hydrothorax. — This is the name given to water when it accu- 

 mulates in the chest. Hence, hydro, water: and thorax,, the 

 chest. 



Causes. Debility from the effects of inflammation of some of 

 the organs within the chest. 



Treatment. Tonics to improve the general health, and medicines 

 to draw off the water by the kidneys and bowels. An operation is 

 recommended by which the fluids are drawn from the side by 

 means of a trocar. (See Dropsy.) 



Hydrocele, — A collection of fluid in the scrotum of stallions. 



Treatment. Paint the scrotum with the tincture of benzoin or 

 iodine. If these remedies are not successful in causing absorption 

 of the water, the skin of the scrotum will have to be opened to let 

 out the fluid. 



Hydronemia. — A name used when speaking of the blood when 

 it contains too much water — water in the blood. (See Dropsy.) 



Hydrophobia. — This disease, happily, is rare — ^in a practice of 

 thirteen years, and doing much in the treatment of diseases oi 

 horses, and being well acquainted with the practice of other per- 

 «on8, 1 can only record three cases, and one of these was a mule. 



