Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1852-05-27
AGRICULTURAL,
From the South,r Planter.
Collie and Bets i'm Horses

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The horse 10 the farmer is the right arm Of
his power, yN his diseases are the least known.
and the least intelligent prescribe with conf
dence for all his ailments. There is. perhaps.
not one OF oar domestic animals hose " hoi.
natural habits are SO chunged by his treatment.
Instead of The green heritage aud free air of his
natural pasturage, he is confined to close
stables, aud fed upon healing and inHamnato
~ food: hence IA biz domeslicated condition,
no animal is sai ject to such violent ~inhsmna.
''ons. which run their career To ssnsrefe and
death. win such fearful rapidly. that lis health
has been ciassed as one OF the three most un
certain things, viz "thc beauty of n oman,
the love o! II boy. ard the health off horsc."-
Whatever Toe the seat OF his disease he has hut
one mode of indicaring Suffering. Thus a foun.
dered horse will roll violently from the pain of
spirits Of turpentinc poured into his feet, and
With iniismHiation Of his lungs he puts his nose
IN hrs iiauk. What presumption then is it 10
administer whiskcy. spirits Of turpentine, and
a score Of other iafammatory medic incs to an
ap'mal alrady suffering from a dangerous in.
famma;ion Of some vital organ. | have seen
soinew here an ailesbricul painting of a physi-
clan represented as a traveller in the dark. his
medicine a hludgeon in his hand, the patient
his dog. the disease a wolf attacking the dog.
and the physician lay ing on with his hludeeon,
knocking over the patient as often as the dis
ease. how much worse must the poor horse
fare III the hands Of brutality and Ignorance.
VI horses xamino by myself sfer death,
One feeding heartily ard apparently well at
night and foand dend in the morning, had suf.
iered rom vi,l, NJ Inflammation fthe stomach;
the cu'irilar coat Ia, ing extensively separated
from the muscu,sr-a second died from infam.
nation End gangrene of The large intcstipes--a
third from infa ninstjon and gaugrene Of the
small ntes,irt s--a innlth from Inflammation Of
the lungs. In every instance a destructive in
hamratioVnf some vital organ. Yet the prac
tice ~ e,Sy case was to administer remedies
calculaieH to agsrasate the niianmation.-
Horses ts,c DOUBTLESS often go. " ell in aAire Of
thesr remelies-Lu, wi,h an a%nirnsl predispos.
o. to-spch Infamtnst9ry attacks, would il not
TO the more prSient pan to adop, another ciass
Of remedies. Bleed RELY first, and then ad-
minister mild caihartics. with large doses OF
laudanum. to relieve pain, spasm or structure.
The effect OF a large dose of .audanum is the
reverse OF a small one-it produces the most
perfect relaxation. This remedy would be as
efficient in colo. aid would guard against its
termination in inf ammation. A weak solution
of lys is often a safe aud efficient remedy in this
disease, the I've operating as super carbonate
Of soda. %
Where the distension was such as to ;pdi.
cate a dangerous accumulation Of air. the med.
-ieine for hoven cattle. viz. 9 drachms of the
chloride Of lime. dissolved in two quarts of wa.
ter. to I've repeated within an interval of an
hour. If necessary. mig ht answer perfectly well.
The air generated ia the stomach OF intes,ines
OF the horse Is the same as that generated in
Aoyeu cattle, viz. sulphurctred hydrogen. Up
on introducing the chloride of lime into the
stomach Of the hoven animal, tho chlorine
drops the lime. unites With the hydrogen, and
forms murlatic gas. This gas is absorbed nv
the water of the stomach and forms muriatic
acid. its bulk being reduced a thousand fold;
the muriatic acid umtes with the lime and forms
the harmless muria,e of lirae. Thus has science
by her deduciiqRs introduced one OF the most
valuable Of cauN medicines. This is no thee.
~, but found in practice to be true in every
particular. With cattle it should be admins
tered by means Of the stomach pump.
In Europe veterinary surgeons and physi.
clans are educated with far more care to ad.
minister TO their domestic animals than We of.
ten educate our physicians to minister to our
selves. They have there the same parasite.
the bots or grubs that we have here. vet those
veterinarians consider it as harmless. THE
bots cannot. while they inhabi, the stomach Of
the horse give the animal any pain. for they are
fastened on to the cuticular or insensiL,ie coat.
They cannot be injurious 10 the horse, for he
enjoys the most perfect health. wbile The cut.
cuiar coat OF the stomach is filed with them
They can1e, he removed by medicine. for they
are not in That part of the stomach to which
medicine is usually ssnveyed: and if they
were, their, mouths are too deeply embedded
IN the mucus for any medicine that can be safe
ly administered to effect them"
1t she horse is opened the moment he dies,
they are never found to have attacked the s,om.
ach. Ii he is killed suddenly ia health md lie.
until he Is cold. they are found ALWAYS TO have
eaten through the stomach. The bot. are
licked off by the horse and Carried with the food
into the stomach, where they attach themselve,
firmly by means GA hook on each side OF The
mouth 10 the mucus membrane. When full
grown they pass out with the food, burrcw in
the ground and fransfcon into the rs. When
the horse dr. and his bod fails. il Is probably
instructive in chem to cut their way out. Ina
horse that died from an inflammation of
the siomsd ks msous coat having extensive
" separated. they were found gathered upon
the aound parts which they had cut through,
the inaamed portion having no trace Of injury
from them In supposing that grubs are a dis
ease Of the horse, we nave attributed effects
dunpGIfs to causes happening after deAh-
and wos nostrums have been forced DOWN the
tArost Of ths poor ho-ss 70 curs this ins gina,y