1867 Six Hundred Receipts by John Marquart

600 MISCELLANEOUS VALUABLE RECEIPTS.

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No. 419. Wounds.

All the rules laid down in this book for the treat- ment of wounds in the human subject apply strictly to horses. As in simple cuts, however, sticking- plaster cannot be used, the edges of the wound should be neatly stitched together. Much can be done also by the judicious application of bandages. Farriers generally are in the habit of pursuing such absurd, cruel, and fatal practices in these cases, either by cutting off a part that appears to be partly torn from its connection, or by using stimulating applications, that it becomes necessary to repeat again that all the rules laid down for the treatment of wounds in this work as applicable to man are equally so to the noble animal of which we are speaking. Read over these rules, substitute the word "horse" for "patient," and you will be at no loss how to proceed.

No. 420.

Bleeding in General.

Bleeding is often the most useful and efficacious means of curing diseases in horses. In inflamma- tory affections, it is generally the first remedy re- sorted to; and its immediate salutary effects are often surprising. When it is necessary to lessen the whole quantity of blood in the system, open the jngular or neck vein. If the inflammation is local, bleed, where it can be conveniently done, either from the part afiected