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stable-man creeps to the parlor, with ‘Please, sir, 1 wish you would step 
and look at the horse.” 
In a ease of such a description, abstract no blood. Depletion is 
forbidden, when mucous membrane is dis- 
ordered. The first thing is a large loose 
box. Into this is put the machine repre- 
sented in the annexed engraving. It is a 
portable boiler, having a covering of iron 
wire. The steam, generated by the char- 
coal fire, soon renders the air of the place 
moist and warm. It must be kept boiling 
day and night. It is of more service during 
night than day, and it should be very grad- 
ually withdrawn. 
The water, as it is exhausted in the above STE SNONG AU EERE TUS-2OR HOREES 
boiler, should be supplied with more at the 
full temperature. Very little fire will then keep up the steam, though, 
as the fumes of charcoal are decidedly unhealthy, it is always well when 
those fumes can, by means of a pipe, be conveyed to the outside of the 
building; if that be impossible, let every door and window be left open; 
the necessary admission of air may impoverish the steam, but the vapor 
is too dense to be entirely dispelled. The steam acts upon the lungs; 
warm, moist air being soothing and curative to the thorax affected with 
bronchitis. When the apparatus cannot be obtained, the large nose- 
bag should be frequently applied during the day. 
Some scalded hay is also to be fixed under the throat by means of an 
eight-tailed bandage. A macintosh jacket is then laid on the floor, and 
the horse gently led forward till one leg rests within one armhole. The 
opposite leg is to be raised and put through the other opening; the 
cloth is next lifted up and temporarily fixed upon the animal; after- 
wards, have six pieces of flannel, two three yards long and the entire 
FIGHT-TAILED BANDAGE FOR RETAINING ANY SUBSTANCE AGAINST THE THROAT OF A HORSE. 
width of the fabric, the others half a yard long and a foot wide. Satu- 
rate three of these with cold water; having folded the long piece, apply 
it over the back, equally to either side; the short pieces place upon the 
sides of the chest; fasten the jacket over the spine. When the flannel is 
