The horse in health, accident & disease : a thoroughly practical guide for every horse owner by Barton Frank Townend b. 1869

Author:Barton, Frank Townend, b. 1869
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: Horses, Horses, Horses, Horsemanship, Horses
Publisher: London : C. Arthur Pearson, Ltd. Henrietta Street
Published: 1921-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

usually be done under professional guidance. Many horses have died from pneumonia brought on through the careless administration of fluid medicine. The simplest method of doing this comprises the application of the twitch to the nostrils and supporting.. the head sufficiently high to enable the medicine to gradually trickle down through the back of the throat. The great secret is to give the medicine slowly; otherwise the animal either suffers or else three parts of the draught are wasted on the stable floor. It is surprising how very few stable attendants know how to administer a draught properly to a horse, and still fewer know how to give a ball. There is an art in both and a degree of manipulative dexterity necessary which is not possessed by every one. Salts and other soluble substances can be dissolved in a quart of water and given the animal to drink. Horses will seldom refuse medicine given this way. In soluble powders it may be mixed with the food provided that they have no unpleasant odour. Some horses will eat anything in this line, but others will refuse it. In cases of pneumonia it is simply madness to try to drench a horse. Veterinary surgeons now largely employ the hypodermic method of medication, sometimes with and sometimes without results.

Blistering and Firing

Both these methods of dealing with injuries in connection with the limbs, bones and joints are largely practised by the veterinary profession and by many of the empirical humbugs found wandering about the country. Judiciously used both blistering and firing have their virtues. It is their abuse which has placed them so often in disrepute. It is impossible to lay down any rule as to when either shall or shall not be employed. The bHster pot has been more used upon the horse than anything known. There are very few stables without a box of blistering ointment,

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