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72 The Management and Treatment of the Horse, as a counter-irritant and prevent suppuration. Some- times a thorn can be seen, yet it is so deep that it cannot be taken hold of even with a pair of forceps ; to take a thorn out under these circumstances, you must put a small key over the thorn and press tightly so as to force the thorn up the pipe of the key and enable you to lay hold of it with the forceps. Another thing of the thorn class, only worse, is a stub. This is met with by the horse putting its foot upon newly- cut brushwood, in going through gaps in hedgerows, or through newly- cut woods. Sometimes they inflict wounds that are very deep, often going through the sole of the foot and lamella to the coffin bone. Many valuable horses have died of tetanus or lockjaw, from the effect of a wound of this class. As soon as the groom finds a stub in the horse's foot he should have its shoe taken off, and the hoof round the wound cut away with a small sharp knife; lay the wound well open, probe the wound carefully, and ascertain if any chip is left behind ; if you find any, remove it with the forceps, and be quite sure you leave nothing in the wound. In probing a wound of this class, do not use a metal probe, but a gutta-percha one, as you would be liable to further injure the sensitive lamella. Having made sure the wound is clear and clean, pour into it carboiised oil, put a piece of cotton wool, saturated with the oil, on the top of the wound, and bind up. Remove the wool every morning, and bathe the wound with warm water, re-dress it and bind up, and in most cases the animal is well in a few days. Many persons use tincture of myrrh for wounds, but it should not be used in deep wounds, as it dries up the
In the Stable, Field, and on the Road. 73 lips and sets up suppuration. The antiseptic treatment of carbolised oil is much better, as its healing qualities are truly wonderful. If a horse has a wound of this class it should have a six-dram purging ball given, its corn stopped, and fed upon carrots, mash, swede, mangold, and sweet hay. Corn would only set up inflammation and be the forerunner of tetanus. Wounds treated with carbolised oil often heal up fast, making too rapid a growth of flesh, and it may be necessary to touch the proud growth with lunar caustic. I never consider that a fault, for after the wound is Med up with new flesh, a touch with the caustic point causes the wound to granulate, forming a skin, and consolidating the injured part. THE CARRIAGE OR COACH HORSE Owes its origin to the Cleveland bays, great attention being paid to breeding them in Yorkshire, Durham, and Northumberland, many fine horses of this class being also bred in Lincolnshire. The most useful are those which are propagated by a cross of the Cleveland mare and a thorough-bred horse. These have fine knee actions, lift their feet high, which gives grandeur to their figure and paces ; the head is generally well carried, with a beautifully elevated crest, and when they are driven without the bearing rein, they look a really noble horse. Yet such is the force of folly and fashion that the bearing rein—that foul implement of torture—is still upon many a noble steed, and gentlemen will actually tell us that it makes the horse look better. It is a relic of a barbarous age, and the sooner it is placed in the
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