The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-12-02

F.. T. Mcmahon, veterinary surgeon
to the Chicago Fire Department, COM
municates to the Street Railway Review
an interesting article on the treatment
of sick horses. After specifying the
principal substances from which 10 Sc
lect articles of diet for the sick horse;
such as bran, carrots, oatmeal and I'M
seed, the writer continues:
Bran stands decidedly foremost as
the food most generally in use for the
invalid horse; it acts as a laxative, is
! frequently tempting to the appetite,
and easy of digestion. There is no part
Of the treatment more universal than
Offering this substance as a change of
food. Is the horse very weary and his
ipowers of digestion weakened, in conse-
quence? We induce him to take warm
bran mash, which comfortably distends
the stomach and satisfies any craving
for food, thereby enabling him to lie
down and rest his enfeebled system I'M
til repose restores its Wonted Vigor.
Does he show slight syptoms of cold or
fever? A warm bran mash is a conven-
| lent plan of steaming, and consequently
of soothing. the irritable mucous mem
branes of the air passages; it is a sub
stitute for the more Stimulating diet he
is accustomed to, and gently promotes
| the activity of the digestive apparatus;
| it is also a convenient medium for the
exhibition of certain simple remedies.
A lower diet than that with which he is
| INDUCED when in full work is judicious,
and bran is selected. Is it necessary to
administer purgative medicine? A bran
mash or two renders the bowels more
susceptible of its action, and a smaller
portion of the drug is therefore required
to produce the desired effect and there
| is, at the same time, less risk of pain
full spasms accompanying its operation.
Bran mashes may be given hot or cold
| cold are perhaps quite as grateful to the
horse; but the nibbling of the hot mash
! in catarrhal affections is particularly
beneficial, from the necessary inhalation
| of the steam.
'Of all the roots with which horses
are tempted, the carrot as a rule, is
| the favorite, and perhaps the most ben
efcial. 1t is said to be somwhat dur
I etc in its effects, and to exercise a sa-
luxurious influence ON the skin. Certain
it is that a sick horse may be coaXed
| into eating carrots when disinclined to
partake of other nourishment, with the
| greatest beneficial results. For the all
ing horse then, carrots are most valu-
able as an article of diet, and a few may
be given with advantage to horse in
a healthy condition.
|
as a food for the convalescent horse,
is most valuable; the bruising process
the grain has undergone breaks the
husk and renders it more easily acted
upon by the digestive organs. 1t is
usually given in the form of a Cruel,
and in that form it is one of the most
ESSENTIAL article of diet-for the infirm-
airy. It is also a ready mode for sup
plying the tired, thirsty horse with
nourishment after exertion, when he
returns to the stable.
''Linseed is decidedly to be included in
the sick diet roll. 1t is nutritious, and
from its oleaginous nature, soothing to
the frequent irritable mucous men,
brane of the alimentary canal, and
hence is to be particularly recommended
in the treatment of sore threats. Nor
| is its bland effect local only; its more
general influence is particularly observ-
able in affections of the kidneys. 1t may
either be boiled, so as to form when
cool a gelatinous mass, and then mixed
with bran, or the liquid, after boiling,
may be offered as a drink.
Grass, hay-tea, etc, are always very
useful in the treatment of disease, and
should be uesd in connection with other
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