Lanterna Rally

Author: John C. Knowlson

Publisher:

Published: 2015-07-20

Total Pages: 72

ISBN-13: 9781331875819

Excerpt from The Complete Farrier, or Horse Doctor: A Guide for the Treatment of Horses in All Diseases to Which That Noble Animal Is Liable, Being the Result of Fifty Years of Extensive Practice of the Author People not much accustomed to study the diseases of horses, look upon a cold as a trivial matter. But they should bear in mind that nearly the whole of the disorders to which this noble animal is liable, derive their origin from a Gold. The causes of Colds are various, but the most usual one is riding the horse until he is hot, and then suffering him to stand still exposed to the cold air; removing him from a hot stable to a cold one: if the horse has been high-fed, and clothed, the cold contracted in this manner often proves very violent; and this is the reason why horses often catch a severe cold on their first coming out of the dealers hands: neglecting to rub him properly down, and to rub the sweat carefully off when he comes in from a journey; and I have known grievous disorders brought on by removing horses into a new stable before the walls and plastering were dry. Workmen are often in fault for not leaving air-holes above; as when a horse comes into a new stable, and gathers heat, it will cause the walls and plastering to sweat very much, especially if there are no air-holes left. Many a horse has lost his eyes, and some their lives, by being put into new stables before they were dry. Symptoms. - When a horse has caught a cold, a cough will follow, and he will be heavy and dull in proportion to the severity of the disease: his eyes will be watery; the kernels about his ears, and under his jaws, will swell, and a thin, mucous gleet will run from his nose. If the cold be violent, the horse will be feverish; his flanks will heave, and he will refuse his food. The owners should be very careful to observe these last symptoms, because when they appear, and are attended with a slimy mouth, cold ears and feet, moist eyes, and a great inward soreness, there is danger of a fever, and generally of a malignant kind. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.