710 GENEEAL THEEAPEUTIO MEASUEES 



Loccd Baths are good, especially in inflammatory condi- 

 tions of the feet in horses. Tubs may be employed for the 

 animals to stand in, the water being changed frequently or 

 being kept cool by ice. It is not advisable to allow animals 

 to stand in large bodies of water on account of the danger 

 they incur of "catching cold" from surface evaporation. 

 The value of the local use of water in acute laminitis is 

 worth mentioning here. After the shoes have been re- 

 moved the extreme pain may be alleviated by standing the 

 horse in quite hot water, sufficient to reach up to or above 

 the foot-locks. Good results are obtained by changing to 

 ice water after the first day and continuing this for several 

 days, in this way causing a contraction of the arteries, 

 lessening the amount of blood supplied to the part and the 

 danger of chronic laminitis and dropped sole. If con- 

 venient to a running stream, about the same results may be 

 obtained by standing the animal in it. 



Irrigation with cold water is done in inflammatory dis- 

 eases of the joints, tendons and feet. Eunning water may 

 be permitted to flow continuously through perforated rubber 

 tubes, connected ■^ith a tap, or used as siphons and closed 

 at their distal extremities. The holes may be made in the 

 tube with red-hot needles. The rubber tubes should be 

 wound about the limb or part and held in position by band- 

 ages. Leiter's expensive block tin tubes are easily bent 

 and rendered useless by the movements of our patients. 

 The treatment of lacerated wounds by means of a stream 

 of water from a convenient hydrant, causes the part 

 to granulate quickly and greatly facilitates the healing 

 process, but care should be taken not to allow the water to 

 run over the wound more than three or four hours at a 

 time each day, otherwise the part will become " water- 

 logged " and tend to break down and slough rather than to 

 fill in with healthy granulation tissue. 



Cold Drinks are both refreshing and antipyretic in action. 

 Cool water should be placed where the patient can take it 

 as he desires. In stomatitis, tetanus and angina, cool water 



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