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for the next twelve months he was a constant patient of 
mine. The collar never went on to his shoulders a third 
time without making them “raw.” Alterative and other 
treatment for irritable skin proved of no use; so that it 
taught me this lesson, and it may teach you the same, 
that there are some horses whose skin will not bear the 
pressure of harness. Or it would, perhaps, be wiser to 
say that there are some horses whose skin, to all appear- 
ance healthy, may at the same time be so sensitive as 
to be rendered inflamed and sore by the pressure of 
harness. ' 
