TO PRIVATE PRESCRIPTIONS 
ACTIONS AND INCLINATIONS. 
In studying the horse, his every act as to position in 
standing and laying, rolling, kicking, pawing, jumping, 
etc., must be taken into consideration with its initial refer- 
ence to disease. These along with inclinations in the way 
of appetite, for either food or drink, are expressive of the 
feelings of an animal, and are all we have to rely upon inthe 
diagnosis of disease, aside from the pulse, temperature and 
respiration. By depicting an animal when suffering from 
a derangement of an internal organ, is our only means of 
illustrating an internal disease. 
Under this head I desire to direct the reader’s attention | 
to, and urging upon him the importance of a painstaking © | 
consideration of the habits and constitutional conditions, as 
well as the color and quantity of excretions of every ani- 
mal which he is treating, to the end that he may be able to 
distinguish when nature is aiding him. 
IMPORTANCE OF PROMPT TREATEHENT. 
The sooner disease is recognized and given the proper 
treatment, the sooner health will be restored, making the 
liability of a fa'al ‘termination and consequent loss, very 
much less and, from a humane standpoint, the less the ani- 
mal will suffer. There is nothing to which the old adage 
that ‘‘a stich in time saves nine,’’ applies more forcibly 
than in the treatment of the ailments of all kinds among 
stock, no matter whether the trouble be local in character 
or of internal origin. For instance, a horse goes lame from 
a corn, if properly attended to it can be cured in a few days, 
but if neglected it festers and spreads, works up through 
the foot and breaks out around the top of the hoof, forming 
