Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1871-09-20

Diseases OF Horses.

ton / have kuuTn nll-e aulNit4 tN
this way % tall repeatedly while being
driren along the road, anl have alaals
found that h1rses af-rici With u WcTe
in poor condition. when y0gr hoTsc has
an attack, give him tuo Or ihree ounces
Of acetate ii ammonia in quart OF cold
water a. a drau-ht. and more liberal
system Of feeding inay prevent him having
any farther attacks 90 DO.
CaLcuu Is mE lNTETINu.--Can they
be- removed Not by any medicine ifthey
are bal. Solid masses (calculil IN the
digestive canal 81 horscs are not uncom-
mon. They usually consist Of the salts
or the food deposited from the alimeniary
luiI around some solid o'jec. taken ~
with the food aud which accordingly
forms the nucleus Of the mass. These
central bodies may be of almost amy ma
terial-irou. zine, lead, brass, pebbles,
coal, &c, AMI the deposit OF the alimen-
tarY salts, layer above layer, may be due
10 an unhealthy state Of these fluids
When crystalline, the calculus usual y
consists mainly Of amm0nia-maguesian
phosphate. aud Is due 10 the putriiaclion
of the contents OF the bowels, aud the for
nation of free ammonia, which at once
uuites with the mague,ia in solution, and
at onee precipitaics il Ia an insoluble
form. Such c7lcui form in different AMI
mails in every difcrcu; part Of the iatcs-
final canal aud their formation is frequent
ly commenced Ia the s'umarh or small IN
testiucs, whence they are carried on with
the feed, aud undergo further increase
of size in the NiRd glf or even in the
d0vJle colon. They often grow to six or
eight inches in circumference, they cannot
ia such cases be passed, but being temper
arily displaced from the capacious gut in
which they have formed into smaller
one whose passage it blocks up, they give
rise to COLES, terminated only by their be-
Ing moved back again into their former
seat, or by the death o. the animal.
SADDLE SORES Take little finely
powdered burnt alum anl drcdge ii over
the surface Of the diseased part three or
four times a day unti dry scab is secur-
cd.
SLAyERING HoRsEs.-It is stated on the
best authority that a dose or two Of dry
wheat bran has never failed in curing
slobbcrs in horses.
SrmNG UALr.-What is the cause aud
cure for this disease?
The causes are two fold. FIRST The
loss Of nervous influence, whereby the cX.
tensor pedis muscle, and possibly some
others are deprived Of their proper power
Second. The peculiar anatomical arti.
ca'ation, AMI general structure of the
hoakioint Of the horse are such that When
the leg of a dead horse is stripped Of it,
muscles, the hgaments not being di turb
ed and Strengthened cut, the moment the
hands are takou from it, it will spring in
TO bent position thus imitatihg-halt
Thus it is seen that the balance Of powe
is not equal, the ligaments Of the hook be
ing stronger than the muscles Of the thigh
Hence the moment the horse lifts his foo
from the ground, the leg is instantaneous.
snatched up by the power Of the art culat
ing ligaments
observation-disclosures the lost nervou
influence, whereby the muscles Of tn
thigh are to be brought into healthy &C
tion. This will best be done by goo,
feeding, and one grain of Strychia, M.
oomica,, given daily, for six weeks in tn
horses feed.
SHOULDER SpRAINs-What are the sym
toms, causes and cure for shoulder sprains
Not one case in ten is the iarrier RICH
when he talks of shoulder strain, yet i
cannot be denie that the muscles Of tn
shoulder do sometimes get strained. Thi
is oftener effected by step or SIDE Ia
than by fair, though violent exertion |
is considerable importance to be adj
to Dist nguish shouder-strain fror
other kinds of lameness. Most person
are aware that the shoulder-blaGe is nc
connected to the skeleton by bone, but
kept in place by muscles and lgaments
which lay on the inner side Of the bone
hence in the first start Of shouder-strai
we look in vain for heat and tenderness {
the parts-for the muscles affected ar
100 deep seated for this to be apparent
unless the surrounding muscles are ais
affected, Which only occurs in aggravatc
eases
If, on standing before the horse an
looking at the size Of the two shoulders. {
rather their points, one shoulder appeal
to be larger than the other, we must NJ
think it an indication of strain of ii
muscles of the shoulder; it probably aris'
from bruise Of the shoulder; the hei
AMI tenderness, if there is any. viii |
found within the arm, close to the chel
and well belonging more to the muscles
the breast than the shoulder
La cases of shoulders strain the hor
will evidently suffer extreme pain, a,
he will extend the injured muscle as lit
as possible. One plain and uumistakab
sign of shoulder strain is, that the amin
will drag his toe along the ground, rath
than raise it clear. 1t is in lifting t
foot that the shoulder is principal Y NOV
and after the foot is lifted there seems
be but little pain in the shoulder. Anoth
sign is, that the limb is allowed to be
the Weight much shorter time than t
sound one
The animal is very apt, when standi
still, to rest the affected limb, with t
on the grouud-not standing fair on t
foot This last circumstance most Of
characterizes this affection.
Another proof is, that when the foot
lifted high, and then lifted high, Il
brought far forward, thahorse will sh