The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-28
DOCToRING HORSES.

Almost every man you meet cdn Lei
you how to cure collie in the hocse-in
fact will tell you of remedy that was
never known to fall and yet nine
tenths Of all the horses that die in this
country die of colic-not less perhaps
than one million annually. In point Of
fact, no disease among animals and men
is worse treated. If we could by any
means know the actual results of the
various methods of treatment used, l
think we would find that more were
killed than cured.
l know but very little of veterinary
science, but as a physician, l lind 1t
good practice to treat a, horse just as
| would his masTer Tor the same disease;
and for horse collie l have needed only
one remedy, that is morphine given in
doses of six to eight grains, according
to size of the horse and the severity of
the attack, or by measure teaspoonful
to be repeated if necessary in an hour,
which is seldom; with a large spoon
place it at the root Of his tongue. You
can also rub his TANKS with turpentine
and then grease with lard to prevent
hair coming out if you wish.
You can dissolve it first in a little
water if you prefer. After giving the
dose. turn him loose and let him roll as
much as he pleases; that is natures
remedy for relief from the spasmodlc
pain. and in half an hour he will be all
right. You will also observe that it
does not have the constituting effect on
the horse that it does in the genus
homo Don't allow anyone to get on
your horse and run him when sick
from any cause; it is cruel and aggra-
~, hi IN
planted in his nature by the great Gre
ator. teach him what to do so far as
movements of positions of the BODY are
concerned.
Now. let me impress upon your minds
this one fact: If your horse is sick and
in pain, give morphine enough to reli
the pain. Nine times out Of ten wnen
you think he has bots it will relieve him
and show you your mistake, and that
it was only a simple case Of collie. 1t
matters not what variety of collie he has
the morphine will relieve it if given in
time for anything to benefit him.
If for any cause the morphine cannot
be obtained, an ounce and a half of
laudanum may do, but is not so certain.
If you give the laudanum, make a mop
by wrapping a soft piece of old cotton
cloth around a small stick, pour the
laudanum into the end of the mop until
it is absorbed, and then push it back
between the horses teeth. He will at
once begin to chew it and press out the
laudanum and swallow it.
Don't drench your horse with any
kind Of a slop that would not be put
in his masters stomach.
Thousands of horses die every year
of blind staggers, so-called. You can
pillow a horse during the hot days of the
summer all day with far greater safety
than you can allow him to be exposed
to the hot rays of the sun in a pas
ture or tied to a hitching post in town.
Heat will affect horse far worse
when he is standing than when moving.
If you don't believe it, try it yourself.
Go out into the middle of your field and
stand still exposed to the hot rays of
the midday sun for two hours. and COM
pare that experience with two hours be-
hind the pillow handles. You will often
notice that while the. cows in your pas
ture, having eaten enough to appease
their hunger, hasten to the nearest
shade and lie down to finish the process
of mastication, the horse will stand for
hours, seemingly half asleep blinking
his eyes and stamping at flies in the hot
broiiing sunshine. This is what usually
produces blind staggers."
Let your horse Craze at night and
but don't allow him to remain in the
pasture from o'clock a. m. to o'clock
p. m, and unless you are able to buy
another horse to make crop next
year. don't take him off a wholly dry
feed all al once and allow him to de-
pend entirely on green food for his liv-
ing. Any horse handled with good
horse sense can do full work until ne
i eighteen or twenty years old, and
then be able to haul your wife and
children to town and church and
around among the neighbors for several
years more.
Finally always remember that the
first fundamental principle in the prac-
tice of medicine applied to man or
beast is to relieve pain. You should
do that much for a sick horse. and
then if you don't know what next to do,
just simply do nothing and give ma
ture a chance.-IS. P. Wilson, NJ. D., in
Louisville Home and Farm.