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The horse is now placed on its side and the hobbles removed ; while, to 
prevent straw or other foreign bodies being inspired through the tracheal 
tube, a clean cloth should be laid under the neck. The animal is allowed 
to lie until it rises of its own accord, when it should be placed m a box, 
receive only soft hay and water, and not be tied up. It is unnecessary 
to remove the tube and tampon after twenty-four hours, as was formerly 
done ; both may remain in position three to four days without bad conse- 
Fig. 104.—Spring hooks. 
quences, provided no marked fever results. This method, indeed, is to 
be preferred. Any discharge may be soaked up with a piece of sponge, 
some wadding or wood wool, and the wound, if dry, moistened with 
carbolic lotion. Drinking water should be kept constantly m the box, 
and given in a pail placed rather low or on the ground. The diet should 
consist of soft hay and a small quantity of oats mixed with bran. 
On the fourth day the surface of the wound is carefully cleansed, and 
the stitches in the skin loosened. The tampon can then be removed, 
and the larynx swabbed out with small sponges wrung out of carbolic 
solution ; but the sponges must be nearly dry to prevent fluid running 
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