A TREATISE

ON

^^% ^0^^%

AND HIS DISEASES.

For esplanation of numbers on this horse see 2nd page.

PUBLISHED By

DR. B. J. KENDALL COMPANY.

Enosburg F^lls, Vt.

SPECIAL INDEX.

For the Treatment and Cur,^ of the most com.-
mon ailments affecting the Hors€)r

Subject. Page.

Subject.

Page.

8one Spavin - 33? 63

Kendall's Blister

^S

Bog '' - 35

Laibeness

- 25

Blood ^' - - 36

Price List

96

Cappjsd Elbow {^Shoe Boil) 7

Prof. Flint's Powders

71&95

*' Hock & Knee - 7

Pink Eye

9a

Corns & Curb - 10

Ringbone

29

Distemper - I3» 60

Scratches

30» 51

Epizootic - • 13

Shoulder Lameness

31

Foot Disease - 14? ^ 5

Stifle Joint ''

37

Heaves - 19, 20, 50

Sores

32, 51

Hip Lameness - 21, 22

Splints

36

Kendall's Spavin Cure for

Sprains

36, 5«

Animals - 63 to 70

Saddle Galls

30

Kendall's Spavin Cure for

Wind "

39

Family Use 64, 73, 74 & 93

Thoroughpin

38

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A TREATISE

ON

TH E HORSE

AND

HIS DISEASES.

ILLUSTRATED.

CONTAINING AN "INDEX OV DISEASES,"" WHICH GIVES THE SYMPTOMS, CAUSE, AND THB
BEST TREATMENT OF EACH; A TABLE GIVING ALL THE PRINCIPAL DRUGS USED FOK
THE HORSE, WITH THE ORDINARY DOSE, EFFECTS, AND ANTIDOTE WHEN A
POISON ; A TABLE WITH AN ENGRAVING OP THE HORSE'S TEETH
AT DIFFERENT AGES, WITH RULES FOR TELLING THE AGB
OF THE HORSE ; A VALUABLE COLLECTION OP RE-
CEIPTS, AND MUCH OTHER VALUABLE
INFORMATION.

BY

DR. B. J. KENDALL CO.,

ENOSBUEG FALLS, VT., U.S.A.

REVISED EDITION.

ENOSBURG FALLS, VT.:
DR. B. J. KENDALL COMPANY, PRINTERS.

1914.

r

PREFACE

It has been one of our greatest aims, in preparing matter for this book
to make it as plain as possible for non- professional readers, and to give them
information which is of the greatest importance to horsemen, and yet avoid
all technical terms as much as possible, and also condense the book as much
as we can without leaving out the leal essential information in treating each
subject.

It contains an Index of Diseases, giving a description of each, with causes,
symptoms and treatment. Also, a large collection of Valuable Receipts of
which many single receipts are worth, to every horse owner, several times the
price of the book.

The treatment given for each disease will be found reliable. To aid
non-professional horse owners, in deciding what the disease may be, we
give engravings which show the positions taken in the different stages of
diseases, and which are of great value in coming to a positive conclusion as
to the nature of the disease.

EXPLANATION OF THE ENGRAVING ON THE COVER.

1. Forehead.

2. Jaw.

3. Throat.

4. Breast.

5. Shoulder.

6. Arm.

7. .Large Pastern.

8. Small Pastern.

9. Withers.

10. Back.

11.

Loin.

12.

Hip.

13.

Stifle.

14.

Thigh.

15.

Hamstring.

16.

Point of the Hock

17.

Hock.

18.

Croup or Rump.

19.

Dock.

20.

Cannon- Bones.

INDEX OF DISEASES.

ABSCESS OF THE BRAIN is caused by some injury to the head.

Symptoms. — Refuses food ; acts dull ; a slight oozing from a trivial
injury upon the skull ; the animal is prostrated, and while lying down con-
tinues to knock his head against the ground violently until death ensues.

Treatment. — No treatment is of any service.

ABDOMINAL DROPSY is usually the result of chronic inflammation
of the bowels.

Sym'ptoms. — Head hanging ; mouth dry ; membranes look pale ; pulse
hard. If the horse turns about suddenly the act will elicit a grunt. Press-
ure on the abdomen will cause him to groan. A lack of spirits ; lies down
constantly if left to himself ; is restless, thirsty, no appetite ; is weak,
abdomen enlarged yet the horse quite thin in flesh, hide-bound and con-
stipated. One of the legs and the sheath are sometimes swelled.

Treatment. — Begin the treatment as soon as you can decide as to the
nature of the disease. Give, night and morning, 20 grs. extract of belladonna,
10 grs. sulphate of quinine, 35 grs. iodide of iron, i gr. strychnia. Mix,
and give at each dose. Mix 5 ozs. tincture of iodine and 2 ozs. croton oil,
and apply a little to a portion of the abdomen by rubbing down to the skin
and shifting to a different location when the skin becomes sore. Some cases
are incurable.

BOTS. — The stomach seems to be the natural nursery for the protection
and the propagation of the stomach bot. When the eggs have remained in
the stomach for a year they become a perfect chrysalis (that is, the form of
a butterfly before it reaches the winged state), and then they release their
hold of the stomach and are expelled with the dung. It will be provided
with wings in a short time, and will fly about commencing the propagation
of its species which passes through the same period of incubation.

BOTS.

They are of two kinds, stomach and fundament bots. The stomach
bots are the result of turning horses into pasture in the summer months,
and are produced from the eggs laid on the fore legs of the horse by the
bot fly.

Symptoms are an unthrifty coat, and loss of flesh after running out to
pasture. . -

AH horses which run out to
grass are quite sure to have bots
in their stomachs, and as there is
so much misconception about
bots and their destructiveness to
horses we copy the result of a
series of experiments with bots
three-fourths grown.

When immersed in rum they
live twenty-five hours ; decoc-
tion of tobacco, eleven hours ;
strong oil of vitriol, two hours
eighteen minutes ; essential oil of
mint, two hours five minutes
Were immersed without appar-
ent injury, in spirits of camphor,
ten hours; fish oil, forly-nine
hours; tincture aloes, ten hours;
in brine, ten hours ; solution in-
digo, 10 hours. A number of
small bots, with one that was full
grown, were immersed in a
strong solution of corrosive sub-
limate, one of the most powerful
poisons ; the small ones died in one hour, but the full grown one was taken
out of the solution, six hours after its immersion, apparently unhurt.

It will be seen by the above experiments, that no medicine can be given
which will affect the bot, that will not destroy the coating of the stomach,
and injure or kill the horse, No veterinary surgeon can distinguish the
symptoms of bots from those of colic. In fact, there is but little doubt that
ninety-nine out of every one hundred cases of belly ache are no more nor
less than colic and not bots, and should be treated as we direct in the
treatment of colic.

Treatment— ThQ general condition of the horse should be improved,
so tliat tlie debilitating effects of the bots may not interfere with the
general health of the horse. It is generally considered imi

No. 1.

♦* 2.

•« 8.

♦• 4.

« 5.

•* 6.

" 7.

" 8.

The female fly about to deposit an egg.

The male fly.

The egg its natural size.

The egg magnified.

The newly hatched hot.

The hot fully grown.

The head of a hot magnified.

The chrj sails.

TKFT-AMMATION OF THE BOWELS.

Ko. 1. The female about to deposit an egg.

" 2. The egg magnified.

" 3. Tlie hot.

" 4. The chr3-sa]i8.

" 5. The male flv.

to expel or destroy the bots.
Give the following tonic med-
icines to improve the general
condition : pulv. gentian i
lb., pulv. copperas i K)., pulv.
fenugreek ^ lb., pulv. elecam-
pane i lb. Mix well, and give
a large tablespoonful once a
day.

Fundament Bot. — Like -the
stomacli bot, this is also the
result of running out to grass.
Instead of the eggs being de-
posited on the legs they are
deposited on the lips of the
horse. They are found in the
rectum, and often seen about
the anus and under the tail.

Treatmerd. — Injections of raw
linseed oil, or of tobacco smoke.

BOWELS, INFLA:MMATI0N' of.— The symptoms are very severe
pam ill 1 lie belly, varying from those of colic in being a continuous pam
(\\ liile in colic there are intervals of rest from pain), rolling, pawing, sweat-
ing, rapid breatbing Avith an inclination to shift al)()ut, with great fever and
excitement. The disease comes on more gradually than colic (which see),
legs and ears cold, belly tender and painful on pressure. (See cut for posi-
tion of nose, etc.)

Causes. — Constipation, exposure to
cold, drinking cold water in large quan-
tities when hot, hard driving, diarrhoea,
and as a sequel to colic.

The above named causes, when occur-
ring in a horse predisposed to the disease,
are quite liable to bring it on.

Trentment. — If the cause is constipa-
tion, give a quart of raw linseed oil, and,
if necessary, add from four to six drops
croton oil. If the cause is over-purging,
give an ounce and a half of tincture of opium in a half pint of water,

GENERAL SYMPTOM OF
DOMINAL IRRITATION.

AB-

If

6 . BRONCHITIS.

the cause should be other than costiveness or diarrhoea, give tliirty drops of the
tincture of aconite root, and repeat it in two hours. Appl«r blankets, wnmg
out of hot water, to tlic belly, and renew them every fifteen minutes.
Give injections of warm (not hot) water, castile soap, and a'*handful of
fable salt every half hour until the bowels move some. There is a diversity
of opinion in regard to bleeding. It is niy opinion that it is of doubtful
utility in this disease.

BRONCHITIS.— This disease consists in an inflammation of the air
passages of the lungs. It is a very common disease among horses, and is
sometimes confounded with inflammation of the lungs (or lung fever)', dis-
tempers and colds.

Symptoms. — Begins with a chill, fever, harsh cough, labored breathing,
mouth hot and dry, with loss of appetite, and in one or two daj'S a discharge
from the nostrils will be observed.

Treatment.— Gi\e the horse a good, comfortable place (not too close nor
the reverse). Give fifteen to twent}-- drops tincture of aconite root, and re-
peat every four hours until six doses have been given, which will probably
relieve the fever. Let the horse have plenty of cold water to drink. We
would discourage the idea of bleeding, as it would be more likely to do
harm than good.

After the fever has subsided (which will probably be about the second
day), give a few powders of the following: JMix pulv. licorice root, pulv.
fenugreek and pulv. gentian, two ounces of each, and divide into six pow-
ders and give in feed two or three times a day.

Chronic Bkoxchitis is the result of bad treatment of acute bronchitis,
and when the attack has been prolonged for some time.

Symptoms. — A cough which seems to be confirmed, with discharge from
the nostrils, and cough worse after drinking and in the morning.

Treatment. — Take eight ounces pulv, gentian aud four ounces pulv. sul-
phate of iron. ]\Iix thoroughly and divide into thirty-five powders and feed
twice a day until all has been given; then make an ointment of red iodide
of mercury, one drachm, lard, one ounce, thoroughly mixed together.
Apply the above named ointment do^^Ti the course of the windpipe, and the
next day apply sweet oil or lard to keep the skin from cracking. Repeat
the application of the ointment in one week.

BURNS AND SCALDS.— When the burn is so deep as to destroy the
skin and superficial tissues, we would recommend raw linseed oil, applied
with bandages, to protect the parts from the air, aud allowed to remain for
several dajs.

But when the skin is not destroyed we have found that "Kendall's Spavin
Cure " is an excellent remedy for such burns on man; so wc feel certain it
will work equally well on any animal.

CAPPED KLliOW. 7

CAJ^LUS. — A callus is n Ihickeiiing of tlie cuticle, or of any soft part,
caused by pressure or friction, or it ma}' be the result of some injury Avliich
after remaining sore for some time finally heals, leaving a thick, hard
and enlarged surface which we term callus, and which not only injures
the sale of the horse but is also a constant "eye-sore " to the owner.

Treatment. — We can only recommend one course, as we have had no
experience with any other which' proved successful, and that is to apply
Kendall's Spavin Cure two or three times a day, for several weeks, as
directed for spavin. These can not generally be removed very quickly,^ yet
if the above plan is followed out it is sure to be effectual.

CAPPED ELBOW.— (Shoe Boil.) This enlargement on the point of
the elbow is on the side of the chest just behind the shoulder. It is a tumor
(or sometimes a simple abscess) caused by direct pressure against the calk
or heel of the shoe; particularly when the latter is allowed to protrude loo
far backward. Pads are made by harness makers which are quite useful in
protecting the parts while the horse is lying.

Treatment. — If the tumor is soft and shows signs of containing pus, it
would be well to open it and allow the matter to escape. Some recom-
mend that the tumor be dissected out with a knife and then treated as any
simple wound by keeping clean until it heals. "Kendall's Spavin Cure"
has been used with very gratifying results for Shoe Boil. It should be
applied twice a day for some time, the same as when it is desired to remove
any enlargement. Some get an idea that if a bottle of "Kendall's Spavin
Cure " is applied, it will do as much good to apply the whole in two to four
days as to be as many weeks in using it, but we would like to have it
remembered that it takes time to remove any enlargement, and especially if
it has existed for any length of time, therefore we say it is not so much in
the quantity used in a given time as in the length of time it is used. AVe
know of no remed}* that is so certain to remove Shoe Boil, when properly
used, as "Kendall's Spavin Cure."

CAPPED HOCK. — This is a soft swelling on the point of the hock
joint. It is caused by kicking in the harness or stable, or by being kicked
by another horse, and rarely causes any lameness.

Treatment.— KendsilVs Spavin Cure used as for capped elbow is a safe
and sure remedy.

CAPPED KKEE. — Caused by some injury to the knee.

Symptoms.— K soft tumor in front of the knee.

Treatment. — If left alone it would probably burst and leave a perma-
nent blemish. If the tumor is hot, bathe first with cold water to reduce the
heat, or bind on cloths wet with cold water and change often, then apply
Kendall's Spavin dure as directed for capped elbow.

8

FIRST STAGE OF SPASMODIC COLIC.

CAUTERY. — {Firing.) This cruel and inhuman practice is one which
has been practiced in the past, and perhaps is to a slight degree now, but
we sincerely believe it to be one which ought to be forbidden by all humane
societies, as the cases which are benefited are very few, if any, that could
not be benefited by milder and more humane means. (See Firmg Horses.)

COLIC— Colic is a very com-
mon as well as a very dangerous
disease. There are two forms :
Spasmodic and Flatulent Colic.
The former is of a spasmodic na-
ture, and will, in severe cases, run
into inflammation of the bowels
and cause speedy death, if not re-
lieved.

Causes of Spasmodic Colic are
drinking cold water when in a
heated condition, costiveness, un-
wholesome food, undue quantity
of food, etc.

Symptoms. — The horse is suddenly attacked with pain, and shows evi-
dence of great distress, shifting his position almost constantly, and
manifesting a desire to lie down. But in a few minutes these symptoms
disappear, and the horse is easy for a short time, when they return with
increasing severity until the horse can not be kept upon his feet.

A cold sw^eat generally breaks put over the body. The legs and ears
remain at about the natural temperature.

He looks around to his flanks, mostly at the right side, as if pointing
out the seat of the disease, scrapes the ground with his forward foot, and
will almost strike his belly with his hind foot.

The horse heaves at the flanks; he
kicks and rolls, and seems much excited,
and sometimes acts as though he wanted
to make water, which he can not do, on
account of the urethra being spasmodi-
cally contracted. This symptom need
not be treated (as it frequently is), for as
soon as the horse is relieved of the colic,
he will pass water freely. Therefore
follow the treatment we give on next
page, and relieve the colic as soon as
possible.

EECOlfD STAGE OF SPASMODIC
COLIC.

COLLG,

9

As the disease advances the horse will
frequently throw hiihself down with force,
look anxiously at the sides and sometimes
snap with his te,3th at his sides, and strike
upwards with his hind feet as they do
mnny times with inflammation of the
bowels.

THIKD STAGE OP SPASMODIC
COLIC.

Colic.

Sym])toms of

Attacked suddenly.
Intervals of rest.

Pulse not much altered in the early
stage of the disease.

Rubbing belly gives relief.

Inflammation of Bowels.

Symptoms come on gradually.

In constant pain.

Pulse small and much quickened,

and scarcely to be felt many

times.
Belly quite tender and sore to the

touch.
Ears and legs cold.

Motion increases pain.
Strength lapidly failin<

Ears and legs of natural tempera-
ture.
Motion gives relief.
Strength scarcel}' affected.

Treatment. Relieve the pain by giving one ounce sulphuric ether, two
ounces of tincture of opium (laudanum) and a pint of raw linseed oil, and, if
not relieved in an hour, repeat the dose. If there is not relief in a reasona-
1)1 e length of time after the second dose is given, some recommend bleeding
from six to ten quarts from the neck vein, but we think it is rarely neces-
sary to do this. Occasionally walk the horse about to excite the bowels to
action.

The following mixture is said to be very good :

Take aromatic spirits of ammonia 1 pint, sulphuric ether 1 pint,
sweet spirits of nitre H pints, gum opium (made fine) 4 ounces, cam-
phor gum 4 ounces, assafoetida 4 ounces. Mix all together, and shake
frequently for twelve or fifteen days; then filter or strain through flannel,
and it will be ready for use. Dose— one tablespoonful in a little water,
repeated in thirty minutes. A larger dose may be given sometimes in very
severe case*

Another excellent remedy, which is always at hand, is one heaping table-
spoonful of saleratus mixed with one pint of milk, and given at one dose.

Always begin the treatment as soon as possible.

Flatule:nt Colic, Windy Colic, etc. — The horse is uneasy, hangs the
head, and exhibits a few of the general symptoms of spasmodic colic before
there is any enlargement of the belly ; but more particularly after, for as

10

CORNS.

FIRST STAGES OF FLATULENT
COLIC.

soon as the belly swells the pawing commences, although it is not so vio-
lent as in spasmodic colic.

There is but little rolling or kicking at the belly as in spasmodic colic,
and the horse is not inclined to move
about much. After from one to four
days the belly becomes much in-
creased in size (if the disease is not
checked), and the animal becomes
restless.

Treatment. — Do not bleed for flat-
ulent colic. Try an injection first, and
if gas or wind come away with it, the
patient will most likely recover soon;
but if no benetit is derived from the
injection, give the remedies as recommended for spasmodic colic. Let the
horse be led around quietly until the medicine has had time to take effect, so as
to prevent his falling or rolling, as it might cause rupture of the diaphragm.

CORNS appear in the angle of the hoof near the heel, and are generally
caused by the shoes being worn too long, causing the shell of the hoof to
grow over the shoe, which allows the weight to press upon the sole ; or the
shoe gets moved from its proper position, or perhaps never was placed there.
As a general rule, the production of corns may be laid
to the shoer.

Upon cutting away the horn there will be found a
red spot ; but if very bad, the color will be a dark
purple, and it will be deeper seated.

Treatment. — Dress down the bruised part until quite
thin, and apply Kendall's Spavin Cure quite freely, and
then put on the shoe, so fitted that there will be no pres-
sure on the part. Apply the Spavin Cure for several
days. If the above treatment fails (which it probably will not), then dress
down the bruised part, thin as before, and apply Kendall's Blister (whi^-h
will be sent by mail on receipt of 50 c), thoroughly rubbed in, and con-
tinue to apply Kendall's Spavin Cure, as recommended in treatment of bone
.spavin.

CURB. — This is one of the many diseases of the hock-joint, and consists
of an enlargement or gradual bulging out at the posterior part of the hock.
(See engraving.)

Cause.— Qwvh is generally caused by a strain from galloping on uneven
ground, wrenching the limb, nrancing and leaping, etc. It is one of the
eV'js v>hi(h occur among the better oreed of iiorses. Man dehcrhts Id

SITUATION OF A
CORN.

11

SOUND HOCK.

CURB.

BANDAGE.

THE SUREST METHOD OF PEODUC-
ING CURB.

showing off the animal he is mounted
upon, and so it has ever been with
man, woman or child ; they are alwa3'3
pleased by the prancing of the horse,
which, nevertheless, is a very fruitful
cause of curb. Pulling horses uj) siid
denly on their haunches is asserted to
be a frequent cause of curb.

Treatment. — Perfect rest ; if hot,
bandage it and keep it constantly wet
with cold water and saltpetre for a few
days until the inflammation has ceased,
then apply Kendall's Spavin Cure two
or three times a day, and rub well with
the hand. In some cases it is well to
apply the bandage after each application
of Kendall's Spavin Cure, always applying the bandage as smooth as pos-
sible and rather tight. In very bad or very old cases we would recommend
using Kendall's Blister, as directed for ring-bone.

DEBILITY. — This condition accompanies many diseases ; for this
reason anything v/hich has a tendency to reduce the strength of the horse
should be avoided while treating the various diseases, especially of the
chest.

Symptoms of general dehility are swelling of the legs, breast, belly and
sheath. The horse is very weak, and staggers as he walks.

Causes are bleeding in treating diseases, starving, and insufficient and
improper diet given to sick horses when they should have been supported
by good and sufficient food during their sickness.

Treatment. — Give the tonic powders which we recommend under the
head of Bots, once or twice a day, with a liberal amount of good feed
and water, and allow him to recover wholly before putting him into hard
work.

12

dysknteky.

DEFORMITIES IN YOUNG COLTS, are usually .-aiised by an insuf
ficient nourishment ; but if the colt is taught to suck milk from a bottle or
something else, so as to become well nourished, deformities of the limbs will
usually be removed.

DIARRHCEA. — When this disease is not attended with pain, griping or
pawing, as in colic, it will generally require no treatment, but if it con-
tinues, and the horse shows signs of pain or colic, there is reason for the
belief that there is some irritating poison retained in the bowels which does
not pass away in the excrement. (See Dysentery.)

Treatment. — Treatment that will allay pain is demanded.

Give twenty drops of tincture of aconite root in a little water, and
follow with a powder as given below, every three hours, until the horse is
better. Take prepared chalk, 5 drachms ; catechu, pulverized, 1 drachm ;
pulverized opium, 10 grains; mix, and give as stated above. Give plenty oi'
good cold water to drink.

When the diarrhoea is better, give bran mash for a few days, and adil a
little ground flaxseed if convenient.

DYSENTERY, ACUTE.— This disease in the horse is very violer.t,
because the length and size of the intestines of the horse render any disease
within them a very serious affair.

Cause. — Acute dysentery is caused by taking some acrid substance inio
the stomach, such as croton oil with aloes, which produce an inflam-
matory purgation ; or from the injudicious use of various poisons, such as
tartar emetic, corrosive sublimate, blue vitriol, arsenic, etc., etc. Nearly all
of these substances will be eaten readily if mixed with the grain, therefore
any person not knowing the
proper quantities of such poi-
sons to give, should not venture
to use them.

Symptoms are obscure at
the commencement. As in
nearly all disorders of the

intestines, so in this, there is

pain may be slight at first or
it may be so violent as to be
confounded with the pangs
of colic ; the thirst is excessive ;
the stench offensive.

The position of the body, as
shown in the engraving, is
expressive of abdominal pain.

SUFFEKLNG FROM THE EFFECTS OF
POWEllFUL POISON.

DISTEMPER.

13

STRANGLES.

Treatment the same as for diarrhcea, with larger doses of opmm when
the pain is violent. Keep the horse and stable clean, and give the horse
good care. Do not be concerned about the bowels if they do not move at
all for several days.

DISTEMPER.— (Strangles.) This form of sore throat is characterized
by swelling between the bones of the lower jaw, which terminates in an
abscess.

Cause. — A specific poison in the
blood, which but few horses escape.
Treatment. — The opinions of
different veterinarians vary in re-
gard to the treatment, some recom-
mending poultices while others
forbid it, etc., but the following
plan is undoubtedly as good a one
as any.

Give grass or soft feed and but

little, if any, medicine, and if

thought best to do anything to

hasten the suppuration apply warm poultices, or some like blistering. The

appetite will return when the abscess breaks or is opened.

EPIZOOTIC. — This disease attacks many animals at the same time, and
originates in one common cause.

Treatment. — A few years ago, when nearly every horse in the country had
this disease, hundreds were either not treated at all or improperly treated, ,
and consequently many were left in a bad condition, which they did not
outgrow for months, and others died for want of proper treatment. At
this time I was called upon to prescribe for many, and I soon found that
Prof. Flint's Horse and Cattle Eenovating Powders were the very best
tiling I could give. Dose : tablespoonf ul three times a day at first, and
then only twice each day.

Every horse that took the above powders recovered fully, and none were
troubled with the bad after-effects which followed many that received no
treatment.
FARCY. — This is a scrofulous disease affecting the horse.
S(,mptoms. — The hair looks rough and unhealthy; one of the legs will
generally swell to a very large size, generally the fore leg — hot and pain-
ful— and in a short time will break out m small running sores, discharging
a thin, unhealthy fluid, and sometimes the discharge is thicker.

14 FlRlNrj HORSES.

On the side of llie neck, body or inside of the leg will be felt a thick sifl-
stance under the skin but somewhat elevated and hardened, and interrupted
at distances with a small sore similar to that on the leg. In some cases soft,
puffy swellings will be found about many parts of the body.

Cause. — Poorly ventilated stables which are overcrowded with horses; in-
oculation from the virus of the glandercd or farcied horses, and this virus
producing a ferment in the blood. Absorption of pus into the blood is
liable to produce either farcy, glanders or some other zymotic disease.

Treatment. — Understanding the cause of tliis disease you will readily see
what the treatment should be— that by removing the cause the effects will
cease. Give a tablespoonful of sulphite (not sulphate) of soda twice a
day.

This remedy will stop all fermentation and purif}^ the blood. It would
be well to continue the sulphite of soda two or three times a w^eek for a few
weeks after the horse seems to be well.

After leaving off the sulphite of soda give the tonic powders as directed
in the treatment for bots, to improve the general condition of the horse.
Give good and generous feed.

Another plan is to give the following powders once or twice a day :
Take sulphur, 8 ozs. ; saltpetre, 4 ozs. ; black antimony, 2 ozs. ; mix, and give
one tablespoonful.

Another mode of treating this disease is to give three drachms of sul-
phate of copper every night, in the food, until the horse refuses to eat.
After a few days, repeat; but if the case is bad, give the medicine as a
drench in water, for ten days, if he will not take it in his food.

The horse, as well as all his clothing and articles used in feeding him,
should be removed from all healthy animals, as this is one of the contagious
diseases of the horse.

FIRING HORSES.— I can fully indorse the following statements of Dr.
Robt. McClure in regard to this inhuman practice. He says: "This is an
operation which is a great favorite, and in much repute among horse doc-
tors. For my part I think it not only cruel and barbarous, but. unnecessary,
doing no good whatever, and in many cases a positive injury, the effects
of which will never disappear from the legs and body while the animal
lives. Firing is intended by its advocates to prevent and cure spavin, curbs,
sprains and ring-bones by scoring the parts with a red hot iron in lines over
the part that is thought will he diseased or is already so." (See Cautery.)

FOOT DISEASES. — Namcular disease. — (See engraving on cover for
location.)

This is a serious disease, and is sometimes very obscure in its symp-

POUNDEK. 15

toms, according to the stage of the disease. Fortunately this disease is rarely
met with, but it is ^a fruitful cause of permanent lameness. It is many
times attributed to some difficulty in the shoulder.

Cause.— Hsird work upon pavements causing slight inflammation which
is neglected, and the horse kept at work so that the inflammation continues
until it ends in ulceration.

Symptoms are obscure and yet very much like many of the symptoms
of other diseases of the feet and legs and shoulders. It is determined
chiefly by an undue amount of heat in the foot, and by the fact that no
disease can be found elsewhere or of a different character.

Treatment. — Raise the foot and pour Kendall's Spavin Cure on to the
frog and the back part of the foot and heel, and rub it well up into the hair,
repeating this process two or three times a day, for two or three weeks, or
more, if necessary. In bad cases, if the lameness does not subside in two or
three weeks, we would recommend to blister as recommended for ring-bone,
and follow up with the use of Kendall's Spavin Cure. The above treatment
has proved to be the most satisfactory of any treatment known to us.

Poultices sometimes relieve the pain.

FOUNDER. {Laminiiis.) — This disease is inflammation of the sensitive
laminae of the foot, of which there are two kinds, acute and chronic, the
latter being a continuation of the former. The acute form is invariably
cured, if properly treated, but the chronic form is generally considered
incurable ; it can be relieved very much, but the feet are always afterwards
sore and tender in front.

Cause. — Allowing to drink cold water, when overheated and tired from
overwork, standing in the cold air (or where the wind will strike the horse)
while warm, driving through a river while warm, long and hard drives
over dry roads, etc.

Sym.pt.oms. — The horse will stand upon his heels, with fore feet and legs
stretched out as far as he can get them so as to throw the weight off as much
as possible ;' and he can scarcely be made to move. The horse has
fever and considerable constitutional disturbance, in the acute form of the
disease.

Treatm£nt (>/ acute founder.)— Give the horse a good bedding of straw,
in a large, well ventilated stall, so as to encourage him to lie down, which,
by removing the weight from the inflamed parts, will relieve his sufferings
very much and assist in hastening the cure. As soon as his bed is fixed, give
him twenty drops of the tincture of aconite root in a half pint of cold
water, poured into his mouth with a bottle having a strong neck, and repeat
this dose every four hours until six or eight doses have been given. Also
apply a cloth wet in ice-water to the feet, and keep wet with the same for

16 CHKONIC FOUiJ^DEE.

several hours until the severe pain has been relieved. Wet the cloths often,
and continue for two or three days, or longer if necessacy. Give plenty of
cold water to drink. The above treatment should be adopted as soon as
possible after the horse has been attacked with founder. Let the horse have
rest until he has fully recovered. Give grass or mashes for two or three
days, and then give a good and fair amount of feed.

After the treatment recommended above, if there should still be tender-
ness, we would recommend the use of Kendall's Spavin Cure to remove it,
as directed for foot diseases.

Although bleeding is quite strongly recommended by some, yet I am
firmly of the opinion that the above plan, if properly carried out, will be
much more successful.

CHRONIC FOUNDER in its worst form is not curable, but may be
palliated. The treatment should depend principally upon softening the
hoof by oiling well with castor oil, and continuing to keep the hoof well
oiled on the bottom and sides up on to the skin.

We would also recommend in shoeing to place a piece of sole leather
which will cover the whole of the bottom of the foot under the shoe
and drive the nails through the leather so as to hold it as long as the shoe
remains on, then pack oakum or cotton batting saturated with tar under the
leather so as to soften up the bottom of the hoof. This works admirably
in many cases.

Some pare the soles of the feet and then allow them to stand in about
six inches of sawdust, wet a little every morning for two or three weeks.
This is also a good plan to follow when horses are recovering from acute
founder.

The treatment most likely to effect a permanent cure is that recom-
mended for foot diseases, which see.

FRACTURE. — The term fracture is here used to signify a broken bone.
A fracture is termed simple when the bone only is divided ; compound,
when in addition there is an external wound of the integuments com-
municating with it ; comminuted, when the bone is broken or crushed into
several pieces.

The simple fracture is the only variety which calls for much notice, in
view of the fact that it is usually of but little use to attempt to treat either
of the other two varieties.

Many cases of simple fracture may be successfully treated so that the
horse will be useful for many purposes, if not for driving,

Symptoms.— K. broken bone is usually detected quite easily, especially
when' it is a long bone of the leg, as the horse has not the power to move,
and also by the looseness of the leg. The horse is in great pain, excitement,
sweating, etc.

FKACTURB.

17

A GOOD WAY TO SLING A TTORSE WEEN IT IS THOUGHT BEST TO DO SO.

Treatment. — If in the summer season, place the horse in the field or
yard, but in winter in a large, comfortable stable or in the barn-yard, if
well protected from wind and storm. Do not give too much bedding nor
allow anything to be in the way of the foot, so that it can be carried
without interruption. Give twenty-five drops tincture aconite root every
five hours, for the first twenty or twenty-five hours, to lessen the fever
and pain.

Place the broken leg in a position as near like the other as possible in
shape and also (by actual measurement) to be of the same length, for it is
by neglecting the measurement that some are left to unite sliorter than the
sound leg.

When the leg is placed in the same shape and length of the sound one,
apply a good coating of tar to the leg, around, below and above the point
of fracture. Then wrap the v/hole leg in carded cotton or coarse tow, and
place over this splints cut out of pieces of boards, which will rest evenly
upon the leg prepared as above, and fill all unevcnness with the tow or
cotton.

Have three or four splints, so as to hold the leg in position constantly.
Secure the whole by carefully applying a strong bandage, or by tying with
soft cord, and make it perfectly secure, so that the horse will not move the
leg where fractured before it has had time to unite.

It is considered by some as bad practice to sling a horse from his feet

18 FEOST BITES.

in cases of fracture, and he will seldom put his foot to the ground until the
fracture has united, so that it is not necessary to sling.

Examine the splints daily and see that they do not get loose.

Give the horse a liberal amount of good feed and cold water.

When the horse is kept in a stall it is well to make a hole in the floor,
underneath the foot of the broken leg, so that he can stand with the leg at
full length.

With the splints properly applied the horse may safely be left to himself
and nature will do the rest.

FHOST BITES.— A state of numbness or torpif action of a part of the
body, caused by intense cold, which, unless relieved by proper remedies, is
liable to be followed by death of the part. Horses are most liable to be
troubled with frost-bites on the heels and the back part of the hind legs,
which swell badly, and are sometimes mistaken for scratches.

Treatment. — It is very important in the treatment of frost-bites that heat
should not be applied cuddenly, but that very cold water be applied, by
which means the frost is extracted very slowly.

Any frozen parts should not be rubbed until the frost has been extracted.

After the heat has returned to the part, we know of nothing which we
think will work better thnn Kendall's Spavin Cure, applied several times;
as by so doing the great pain and soreness which is sure to follow is gener-
ally averted, and thus the bad running sores which sometimes follow are
prevented. The above treatment is also well adapted to frost-bites on man

GLxVNDERS. — This disease is alike fruitful of evil to man and beast,
and is generally considered incurable.

A horse may have latent glanders for years, and work well, the disease
being during this time as contagious as in its developed state.

Cause. — The cause is somewhat varied in different cases, and may be
attributed to tilth, starvation, or to debilitating diseases, as lung fever,
catarrh or any disease capable of generating pus, which being absorbed into
the circulation forms a ferment within the blood.

Symptoms. — The membrane lining the nostrils assumes a leaden or pur-
ple color, accompanied by a thin, acrid, transparent and odorless discharge.
This is the first stage, during which the general health does not suffer and
the horse may do his ordinary work.

The discharge grows thicker, and sinks when placed in water. The
membrane lining the nostrils will be found to have sores, ragged and de-
pressed at the top, with varicose veins leading to them from all sides.

The appetite fails, and the horse assumes an emaciated and dull appear-
ance. He will be hide-bound, and his legs swell during the day and the
swelling go down at night.

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The ulceration of the nose is very bad, and the sores spread into his
throat . the body also is sometimes aflSicted with sores. The horse ultimately
dies in a wasted condition.

Treatment. — Most horsemen recommend that the horse be shot as soon
as it is decided that he is afflicted with glanders, as they consider the disease
incurable, but if the following treatment is adopted early it may prove suc-
cessful ;

Give from one-half to one ounce doses of sulphite of soda at night, in
cut feed, for several weeks, and five grains Spanish flies (powdered) with it.
Give, at the same time, every morning and noon, a powder consisting of
three drachms powdered gentian, and two drachms powdered sulphate of
copper. Give the medicines for a long time, not only to cure the disease
but to improve the general health. Give a. good liberal feed, and change 'the
feed often.

GREASE HEELS.— This disease of the heels and legs of horses is char-
acterized by a white, offensive, greasy discharge from the heels of the horse.
The skin becomes hot, tender and swollen, and sonaetimes sloughs away,
leaving an ugly sore.

Cause. — Sudden changes of the temperature of the earth, whether it be
from heat to cold or from wet to dry. This disease generally follows wet
streets, stables or lands.

Treatment. — Keep the legs dry and cleansed well with castile soap and
soft water; then apply, once a day, verdigris, one-half ounce; rum or proof
spirits, one pint ; mix, and shake well before applying. Or apply Kendall's
Spavin Cure after washing well. Some use w^ater, one pint; sulphuric acid,
two drachms; corrosive sublimate, one drachm. Mix, and shake before
using. Some cases will be cured by keeping clean and applying glycerine,
four ounces; carbolic acid, one drachm; mixed, and applied twice a day.
While some cases are cured quite readily, others will not heal for a long
time.

For obstinate cases use the following : Take one pound concentrated
lye and dissolve it in two quarts water, and bottle for use ; when needed, pour
a wine-glassful of the solution of lye into six quarts of cold water, and wash
and bathe the heels for half an hour, night and morning. Dry the heels
often after the bathing, as they will become very moist. (See Scratches.)

HEAVES. — This disease is due to rupture and enlargement of the air
cells of the lungs, which lessens the value and usefulness of the horse.

There is every degree of intensity to be seen in this disease, from the case
that is so slight that only the expert can detect it, to the one where the
patient finds it 'cery difficult to breathe, even when not being exercised.

Cause. — In cases of heaves, horses are always greedy eaters ; and it is

20 HIDE-BOUND.

generally found that tliey have been led an ^?^.

enormous amount of liay or coarse food,
which they are quite sure to eat if they can
possibly find room for it.

Heaves are never found in racing sta-
bles, where the horses are properly fed;
consequently, it is but reasonable to attrib-
ute the cause to overfeeding with ha}'- and
coai'se feed.

Treatment. — Restrict the quantity of hay
and increase the amount of grain feed, which jjstentkg to the soujs^ds
will give the lungs increase of room to act. made within the wind-

• I shall give here various receipts which ?ipe.
experience has proved to be good.

FAVORITE RECEIPTS FOR HEA^'ES.

1st. Asafoetida pulv. one oz. ; Camphor gum pulv. one-half oz, ¥Ax
and divide into four powders; feed one every other night for a week.

2d. Resin, two ozs. ; tartar emetic, two ozs. ; Spanish brown, two ozs. ;
cayenne, two ozs. Mix, and give two teaspoonfuls, twice a day, in the feed.

8d. A horseman with w-hom I am acquainted says he has cured several
cases of heaves with oil tar. He gives the ordinary case a teaspoonful
every night or every other night, by pouring it on to the tongue and then
giving some grain which carries it into the stomach.

He says he has given very bad cases two or three tablespoonf uls at a
dose with grand results.

He reports it to be the best remedy in use, and also good for any cough,
or to put a horse in good condition; in fact, it is his " cure all."

4th. As far as our experience goes (which is strongly corroborated
by the testhnony of others), we have found Prof. Flint's Condition Pow-
ders a very excellent remedy for this difficulty, when fed quite freely for
a few days.

HIDE-BOUND. — A term used to denote the adherence of the skin to
the ribs when the horse is diseased. It usually arises from a deficiency in
the quality or quantity of food, and is commonly an attendant on lingering
diseases.

Treatment. — Give mixed feed — cut hay, bran and corn meal, w^et w^ith
just enough water to cause the Avhole to keep together.

The following pow^ders should be given in the feed, every night for two
weeks :

Powdered gentian root, three drachms ; powdered sulphate of iron, two
drachms. Mix, and give for one dose.

HINTS ON FOOD.— 1st. The foundation of many diseases is laid in

ITIP-JOINT l.AMENESrt. 21

feeding all horses in tlie suine proportions, wiMioul any regard to age, con-
stitution, or tlie work Avhicli the horse is required to do. The impropriety
Ox such a course is readily seen.

2d. Bad hay has not proper nourishment in it ; therefore it would be
poor policy to buy it simply because it is cheap, as it is often very dear in
the end.

3d. Old horses will do better on chaff than on hay, as they can chew
and digest it better.

4th, There is not suflScient nutriment in grass or hay alone to support a
horse well under hard work.

5th. Corn which has been damaged is very injurious, as it will produce
Inflammation of the bowels and skin diseases.

6th. Oats and corn are the best nourishment if a horse is worked hard,
but if not, it should be chiefly hay, because corn and oats supply more
nourishment and flesh-making material than any other kind of food ; but
hay not so much.

7th. For a coach horse four to six quarts of good oats and eighteen
pounds of good hay are usually suflicient. If a horse should be worked hard,
he should have more of each ; but if worked but little, he should liave less.

8th. Chopped hay sprinkled with a little water, which has had a tea-
spoonful of salt dissolved in it, is quite pleasing to the taste of the horse, and
is also more easily digested.

9th. Spring or well water is not usually as good for a horse as water
from a stream or pond, as the former is usually hard and cold.

10th. Horses require and should have at least a pailful of water, morn-
ing and evening; or, what is better, give a half pailful at four different times
in a day.

11th. A horse should not be driven nor worked hard directly after he
has had a full draught of water, nor soon after eating heartily, as exertion
prevents digestion.

12th. Do not allow a horse to become accustomed to drinking warm
water, for if compelled to drink cold at any time it will be liable to
cause colic.

13th. Do not work or drive a horse if he refuses his food, after drink-
ing, until you have given him rest.

14th. Do not feed nor water a horse directly after his coming in very
warm, but let him walk about until cool ; groom him quite dry first with a
wisp of straw and then with a comb and brush, and rub the legs well with
the hand. When he is cool give him his grain.

HIP-JOINT LAMENESS. — This disease is generally seen in young
horses and may be caused by rheumatism or by some accident, although it
is due oftentimes to a hereditary taint.

INhl.A.MMA'llON Ol' S'l'OArA<'IT.

Symptoms. — The leg appears shorter, aud, when tlie horse is standing, is
placed slightly under the body and not doubled up, Or standing upon the
toe, as is seen in diseases of hock-joint. In nearly all cases of so-called hip
and whirl-bone disease, the true seat of disease will be found to be in the
hock- joint. (See Spavin.)

In hip- joint lameness there is a dragging or swaying motion of the limb
outward. An extra degree of heat will be found over this joint.

Treatment. — Give the horse absolute rest for a few weeks, and begin,
when first allowed to rest, to apply cold water cloths over the hip-joint,
which continue one or two days or more, until the heat and tenderness have
been removed.

Then apply Kendall's Spavin Cure two or three times a day for two or
three weeks, or longer if necessary, and allow a week's rest after stopping
its use.

IISTLAMMATION OF STOMACH is caused generally by some poison
given to improve the coat of the animal. Some persons are in a habit of
giving powders composed of poisonous drugs to improve the general appear-
ance of the horse, and which, if given in proper quantities and suflBciently
diluted, so as not to come in contact with the coating of the stomach while
in its full strength, might perhaps do good in many cases, but when given by
an ignorant person, it is sometimes given not only full strength, but in large
doses, on the principle that, if a little will do good, a larger amount will do
more good.

Symptoms. — The horse is frantic on account of the excessive pain, but
the symptoms are not decided in all cases.

The following symptoms occur, but not all in each case; nor do they
oco-ur simultaneously : Great thirst;
loathing of food ; redness of the mem-
branes ; frequent eructations which
smell bad; discharge of thick saliva;
rolling, pawing, colic; striking at
the belly; panting; tucked-up flanks;
quick and small pulse; passing
mucus in large quantities ; straining ;
looking at the abdomen; loss of
strength ; convulsions ; madness, and
death.

Treatment. — Give at once 2 ozs.
tincture of opium, 1| ozs. sulphuric
ether, and 2 ozs. magnesia, in one
quart of cold gruel or milk, and re-
peat if necessary.

SUFFERING FROM ACUTE INFLAMMA-
TION OF THE STOMACH.

INPLUEAZA.

23

If corrosive sublimate is known to be tlie poison, give fifteen or twenty
raw eggs with the above drench.

INFLUENZA. — An epidemic disease occurring in the spring of the year.

Symptoms. — A chill, succeeded by increased heat of the body, and fever,
cough, discharge of mucus from the nose, loss of appetite, great pros-
tration, followed in a day or two with swelling of the legs, and, in some bad
cases, of the belly, breast, etc. These symptoms vary some in different cases.

Treatment— Coy ev the horse with a good blanket, and place him in a
good comfortable stable, with proper ventilation but not too cold. Grive
twenty drops of tincture of aconite root in a little cold water, every four
hours, until four or five doses have been given, and allow the horse plenty
of good cold water to drink.

A FREQUENT SIGHT WHEN IT WAS THE CUSTOM TO BLEED AND TREAT
TOO ACTIVELY IN THIS DISEASE.

Then give the following : Powdered gentian, 4 ounces ; powdered
fenugreek, 4 ounces; and powdered licorice root, 2 ounces. Mix, and
divide into twenty-five powders, and give two or three each day. Allow
the horse to have rest until he has fully recovered.

INTERFERING.— This is usually the result of weakness of the horse,
although the blacksmith is frequently blamed for it, and perhaps justly,
sometimes, on account of being somewhat careless, when the interfering
might have been avoided with a little care. Yet the cause is generally
weakness.

Treatment. — Give the strengthening powder recommended for the
treatment of bots, and feed well.

KIDNEYS, DISEASE OF.— The straddling gait, as represented in the

24

KIDNEYS, DISEASE OF.

engraving below, is not peculiar to any one disorder of the kidneys more
than to another, but when it is seen it is always the result of some disorder
of the kidneys.

Geavel. — Calculi, stony or gritty
matter formed in the kidneys, which
passes off in the urine. It causes some
irregidarity in making water.

Treatment. — Give thirty-five drops
of muriatic acid, in a pailful of water
to drink, and repeat twice a week.

Bloody urine should be treated by
placing warm water cloths over the
back, above the kidneys, and giving
flaxseed tea to drink, which will soothe
the parts. When old horses are
troubled with kidney diseases they can
be helped a great deal by giving soft
feed, such as boiled or steamed feed, or
newly cut grass, with flaxseed tea and
SYMPTOMS OP DISEASES OF THE plenty of good cold water to drink at

URINARY ORGANS. all timCS.

Inflammation op the Bladder .—Symptoms almost the same as those
of inflammation of the kidnej^s. The tenderness is found when the horse is
pressed upon under the flanks.

Treatment about the same as for inflammation of the kidneys, whicli
see. Give a quart of raw linseed oil or other physic, as for inflammation
of the kidneys.

Inflammation op the Kidneys is
caused by poor provender, hard work, slip-
ping, taking a sudden cold after a hard
day's work or drive, or after being under
the saddle for a long time; and also, by
an indiscriminate use of nitre or other
diuretics.

Symptoms. — Quickened and short
breathing, suggestive of pain ; more or
less fever, with quick, hard pulse ; unwill-
ingness to move the hind legs which the
animal straddles apart when he walks, as
shown in the engraving above ; looking
anxiously around to his flanks ; urine
scanty and high colored, and sometimes

test

FOR INFLAMMATION OF
THE KIDNEYS.

LAMENESS. 25

bloody. The horse seldom lies down and almost refuses to move about,
and crouclies beneath pressure made over the kidneys, as shown in the en-
graving. This disease is sometimes confounded with colic, which see.

Treatment. — Do not give any diuretics, as they will do more harm than
good. Use hot fomentations over the kidneys, and change the cloths often.
In the first stage give twenty to forty-five grains of powdered opium, and
fifteen grains of calomel, sprinkled on the tongue, and repeat every hour or
two, for a few times, or while the acute stage continues. No food will be
necessary during the acute stage of the disease, but it would be well to set
before the horse a pailful of good linseed tea and allow him to drink all he
will. If the pulse is quick and hard, as is usually the case, give twenty
drops of tincture of aconite root, either between doses of opium and calomel
or after it has been given, and repeat until the pulse becomes slower and
softer. Give the horse a month's rest, and use carefully for some time.

LAMENESS. — It occurs as a symptom in spavin, ring-bone, bruises,
sprains, fractures, and many wounds and injuries, which we treat of in
their proper places. We do not know of any remedy which equals Kendall's
Spavin Cure, for lameness of every kind, and it is equally good for lame-
ness on man.

LAMPERS, (written also, Lampass). — A swelling of some of the lower
bars of a horse's mouth ; so named because formerly removed by burning
with a lamp or hot iron.

Treatment. — Pinch or cut the bars until they bleed, and then rub in a
little table salt, which is much better than burning the mouth with a red-
hot iron.

LUNGS, DISEASES OF.— The lungs are subject to many diseases.

Pneumonia. — (Lung Fever). In this disease the substance of the lungs is
inflamed, instead of the air passages, as in bronchitis.

Symptoms. — The horse will often-
times have a discharge from the nos-
trils, following a sudden exposure to
cold, after being kept in a warm,
stable, and then the disease is ushered
in by a chill, followed by fever,
which is increased for a short time;
cold legs and ears ; quick and wiry
pulse; quick and difiicult breathing;
pain in the chest, which is aggravated
by coughing; and a quivering of the co:mmencement op mFLAMMATioN
muscles of the side and breast. of the lungs.

The horse will not eat, and continually stands with his head down and
eara lopped, and will not lie down nor move about; the nostrils are expanded.

I

26 LUNCis, i>iseasp:s of.

If the car is applied to tlie side of the chest or neck, a peculiar creaking
noise is heard.

Cause.— Ferhaps one of the most frequent causes is a hard or fast drive
against a cold wind, after being taken
from a warm, tight and poorly ven-
tilated stable, where several horses
have remained through the night ; or
some different alteration and sudden
change of beat, cold or moisture in
an animal not accustomed to work,
or in one not in proper condition to
work.

Treatment. — The stable should be
a comfortable place ; not too cold and
yet well ventilated. Give the liorse position assumed in the last stage
clothing accord'ing to the weather, ^^ pneumonia.

but do not change from a heavy blanket to a light one, nor to one that is
damp. Keep the legs warm with bandages.

Give twenty-five drops of the tincture of aconite root, in a cupful of
cold water, and repeat the dose every four hours, until five or six doses have
been given, which will probably cause the horse to perspire freely. Care
should be taken not to allow the horse to stand in a draft of air. Do not bleed,
as some recommend. It was mj^ misfortune, in my early life, to place a
horse, sick with this disease, under the care of a so-called veterinary surgeon,
who bled the horse freely, and directed to give him large doses of Dover's
powder every four hours. I was not only the five dollars out which he
charged me, but came \qvj near being out a good horse. The horse was
about ruined for life, and probably would not have lived but for my own
timely interference, by supporting the horse with vigorous tonic and stimu-
lating treatment. When the disease turned (as commonly expressed) the
horse needed eoery drop of the blood which had been so cruelly taken from
him.

After the horse has taken sufficient tincture of aconite root, as soon as he
seems to have an appetite for food, a pint of crushed oats, thoroughly
scalded, may be given during the day. Great care should be taken not to
allow the horse a large amount of food at one time, which would over-
load the stomach, and might cause a return of the disease. Little and often
must be the rule at first, and then the quantity may be increased, while the
frequency is diminished. Do not give any hay for several days.

Raw eggs and other nourishing and stimulating articles may be given,
if the horse shows signs of great wcal^nfn^. The nourisiiment shoujtd be in
a concentrated lorm, and hay and grass should be kept from the horse for a

PLEURISY. 27

few days, and then given in quantities small at first and gradually increased.
The horse will not lie down until improvement has taken place.

PLEURISY. — This is an inflammation of the membrane covering the
lungs and lining the cavity of the chest.

Symptoms.— K chiK, fever, an occasional painful and short cough, and
careful breathing, and a disinclination to turn short. A peculiar line will
usually be seen running from the haunch, round the belly to the breast-bone.
Tlie breath is not so quick and short as in inflammation of the lungs.

Causes. — Broken ribs or wounds, and other causes similar to those pro-
ducing lung fever.

Treatment. — The treatment should be about the same as for lung fever.
Feed well while the horse is convalescing.

Abscess op the Lungs. — This is sometimes the termination of lung
fever, and is very "much to be dreaded.

Treatment.— ^h-ouldi be the same as for glanders, ana the patient should
be supported, if necessary, by giving raw eggs, tonics, stimulants, etc.

NASAL GLEET. — This is a chronic discharge from the nostrils, of a
whitish, muco-purulent matter. It is generally caused by neglecting to
treat catarrh and colds properly. The horse may look well and feel well,
and the general health be quite good.

Treatment. — Give a course of tonic powders, and feed well. Powders
like those recommended in the treatment of bots will do well.

NAVICULAR DISEASE. (See Foot Diseases.)

POLL EVIL. — This consists of a formation of pus like an abscess, and
is familiar to all horsemen.

Cause. — Disease of the bone, or injury to the part.

Treatment. — Open the swelling as soon as it has become a little soft,
before the pus has had time to burrow down among the bones, and thus
prevent the spread of the disease.

Make a large opening so as to allow all the pus to escape, and clean out
well, if necessaiy, with a swab, so as to remove all the pus, and do this
twice a day as long as any pus remains. Syringe out with a solution of
carbolic acid, fifty drops to each pint of soft water.

PROUD FLESH. — A name commonly used to describe an excessive
growth of flesh on an ulcer, or. excessive granulation. To cure this, sprinkle
a little powdered blue vitriol or burnt alum on the surface.

QUITTOR.— A chronic abscess in the hoof, caused by a bruise or prick
of the sole, or from the calk of one foot being pressed into the coronet of
the other, confined pus from suppuration, corn, etc.

28 RHEUMATISM.

Symjytoms.—The horse is very lame on account of the inflammation be-
fore suppuration takes place, but is relieved somewhat as soon as the quittor
has burst.

7' reatment.— This should begin as soon as any lameness is discovered
from any of the above named causes, and the inflammation stopped, if possi-
ble, before suppuration takes place. Kendall's Spavin Cure, applied freely
to any of the injuries which result in quittor, will prevent this termination,
if applied in season; but if it is not cut short, then keep clean and apply a
solution of carbolic acid, one ounce, to water, one quart.

Poultices of flaxseed meal are sometimes very useful.

RHEUMATISM.— In acute rheumatism there is great excitement and
fever, with severe pain in the legs and joints. This pain is so severe that the
horse hardly dares to move from the place he occupies, on account of the
extreme pain which it causes. He has no unnatural heat in the feet, as in
founder.

Cause. — Exposure to a draft of cold air when a horse has been heated,
thus suddenly checking perspiration.

Treatment. — Place the horse in a good, comfortable stable, as soon as
possible after it is discovered that he is afflicted with acute rheumatism, and
commence the following treatment: Give the horse about twenty-five drops
of the tincture of aconite root, every four hours, until five or six doses liave
been given.

Cover with a blanket, and give the horse general good care. Give tiie
following powders as soon as the tincture of aconite has been glyen: Bicar-
bonate of soda, 4 ounces ; sulphur, 8 ounces ; saltpetre, powdered, 4 ounces.
]V[ix, and divide into eight powders, and give two or three times a day,
according to the severity of the case, and repeat if necessary.

Apply Kendall's Spavin Cure to the joints, or to any part which swells
or is tender.

Chronic Rheumatism. — This is a frequent cause of lameness, and it is
oftentimes quite difficult to decide fully as to the cause of the lameness.

Treatment. — For this form of the disease we recommend the same pow-
ders as given above for acute rheumatism, only to be continued a longer time,
and to apply the Kendall's Spavin Cure to t]ie atflicted parts. Only a small
quantity need be used at a time, but it should be rubbed well down to the
skin, and continued for several weeks if it should be necessary to continue
so long. The Kendall's Spavin Cure, used twice a day, is also the best
external remedy we know of for this disease in man ; but it should be used
for some time, as the disease, when of long standing, can not be cured in a
few days. It may be applied, a small quantity at a time, and continued for
from one to three or four weeks, if necessary.

RING-BONE. 29

' RING-BONE. — (For position see plate of skeleton.) King-boue is the
result, usually, of weakness, hereditary predisposition, or of a peculiar for-
mation of the pastern joints which makes them poorly adapted to hard
work ; and therefore a provisional callus (or bony substance) is thrown out
as a provision of nature., to strengthen parts which are too weak.

Only slight injuries to such a joint as we have described above will in
many cases result in the growth of a ring-bone.

Treatment. The treatment of ring-bone has been very unsatisfactory in

the past and is still attended with much difficulty in some cases, especially

those of long standing and on old horses ; yet we feel certain that the f ol-

\ m lowing treatment will prove successful in a large share

' of cases, if persevered in. We find many persons w^ho

expect a cure too soon, and condemn the best treatment

possible before they have used it long enough for it to

have any effect whatever, and therefore we say if you

would treat ring-bone successfully never stop in a few

days, as so serious an affection can not be removed in so

M^B short a time. If it is of recent origin, and the horse is

^J^Sr '■-■■■-- y<^^^S' ^^ ^^^ confident that nearly all such cases can

be cured with a proper use of Kendall's Spavin Cure ;

but if the case is of long standing, and on an old horse,

the chances of a cure are lessened, and therefore we find

RING-BONE. j^ necessary in many cases to use, with the Spavin Cure,

1. The joint between Kendall's Blister, as per direction on the bottle,
the past^ru bones. ^ . , _^ , ,,, ., , ^ t ,i i •

2. The joint between 1° usmg the Kendall s bpavni Cure, clip the hair over

the lower pastern the bunch and apply from every other day to two or
(or email pastern) three times a day as seems to work best; rub well with
and the coffin bone, ^j^^ j^^^^ oHq^. In most cases it would be well to apply
soft soap, once in four to ten davs. to soak up the scab, then clean off" and
apply Kendall's Spavin Cure again. In some very bad cases, where the
Spavin Cure does not seem to remove the bunch and lameness, after using
one bottle, it would be best to use our Blister, followed by the application
of Kendall's Spavin Cure every day for two or three weeks, when the Blis-
ter can be repeated, if necessary.

In using Kendall's Blister clip the hair over the bunch and rub in the
Blister well for ten minutes or more. Put on some sweet oil or other grease
in two days. When the inflammation subsides wash with castile soap and
warm water, and when it is dry apply Kendall's Spavin Cure as directed on
bottle. If the case does not yield in two or three weeks, use the Blister
again as before, followed by the Spavin Cure in two or three days.

Tie up the horse's head for a few hours after the Blister has been applied.
We would say that this Blister works admirably alone in many cases (not

30 SADDLE GALLS^

only for ring-bone, but also for spavins, curbs, etc.) and is particularly of
great value in connection with tlie Kendall's Spavin Cure for old and bad
cases which do not seem to yield to the use of the Spavin Cure alone.

(Where the Kendall's Blister cannot be had of your druggist, send 50 c.
to Dr. B. J. Kendall Co., Enosburgh Falls, Vt., and they will send a box
by return mail.)

Give the horse a few weeks' rest after the cure seems to be complete.

SADDLE GALLS are sores produced by the saddle or by any other part
of the harness.

Treatment.— The cause should be removed by attending to the saddle or
other part of the harness, and adjusting it so as to remove the pressure.
Kendall's Spavin Cure is used with excellent success for all such sores by
applying a small quantity twice a day. If the Kendall's Spavin Cure can
not be obtained, get at a drug store laudanum two ounces, tannin two
drachms, and mix and apply twice a day.

SCRATCHES.— An inflammation of the skin of the heel of a horse,
the first appearance of which is usually a dry and scurvy state of the skin
of the heel, with redness, heat and itching. (See Grease Heel.)

Treatment. — Wash the affected parts clean with castile soap and warm
soft water, -and dry; then use glycerine eight ounces, carbolic acid one
drachm, mixed and applied twice a day; washing as above, when necessary,
to keep the parts clean. (Also see Treatment for Grease Heel.)

It has been reported to us that Kendall's Spavin Cure, applied twice a
day, after washing as above, has worked nicely. We would also strongly
recommend the use of Prof. Flint's Horse and Cattle Renovating Pow-
ders, which are being used with great success for this ailment.

SHOULDER LAMENESS. — This is common among young horses
when plowing in the furrow, or it may result from a slip sidewise by a
horse of any age. Horses in cities are especially liable to this difficulty.
The muscles of the shoulder, and sometimes the shoulder joints, are involved.

Symptoms.— Yie^iX, tenderness, and sometimes swelling of the parts. It
is sometimes difficult to ascertain the exact location of the lameness, but by
making a thorough examination of all parts and finding no lameness, heat
or tenderness in other parts, it will be quite certain that the difficulty
is located in the shoulder, especially if it is found hot and tender. The
horse steps shorter Avith the sound leg than with the lame one, which he
drags along. In nearly all diseases of tlie foot the horse stretches the leg
. out straiglit forward, but in shoulder lameness it will be carried out more
from' the body.

RHOirLDlOU-.JOlNT LAMENKS8. 81

- Treawient.— The liorsc .should liavc enlhc rest, ;ui(l the f;lioiiklor sliould
have cold water cloths applied to it for two or three days, and chaiiL^ed
frequently. As soon as the heat has been reduced, the cold water cloths
may be left off and Kendall's Spavin Cure applied twice a day for a few
daj^s, or until the lameness subsides. In some cases Kendall's Blister would
work admirably.

In applying the Blister, place it where the friction from the collar will
not affect it. Allow the horse a rest of two or three weeks after the cure
seems to be complete and the treatment is stopped.

SHOULDER- JOINT LAIVIENESS.— This difficulty, being located in
the joint, is much more serious than the shoulder lameness "just described,
and it is more diflQcult to effect a perfect cure of it.

Symptoms. — The animal drags the
leg, with the toe on the ground, and
throws the leg out in attempting to
move it. It is with great difficulty that
he can raise his foot.

Treatment. — If the treatment is not
put off too long a cure may reasonably "^-r^-'^
be expected, if the following directions 'l:-_^r— >c^-//^//^^
are followed : This disease being similar dragging the forward foot
to a spavin in the hock-joint, should an indication of shoulder
have similar treatment. If the part is lameness.
very hot, reduce the temperature by cold cloths as recommended for
shoulder lameness, or perhaps hot fomentations may work well instead of
the cold; then apply Kendall's Spavin Cure two or three times a day, as
directed for spavin. If, after one bottle of Spavin Cure has been used, the
case does not improve as fast as is thought it should, use Kendall's Blister,
as recommended for ring-bone, and follow it with the Spavin Cure as before.
(See also Treatment of Spavin.)

Give the horse a good bedding with dry sawdust or some soft bed for
his front feet to stand on, as he will be liable to stamp on the floor with his
foot, and in this way you will avoid the concussion to the shoulder.

SIDE BONES.— This is a species of ring-bone. The side cartilages of
the joint become ossified, but do not extend around as in ring-bone. The
treatment should be the same as for ring-bone.

SKIN DISEASES.— There are many different varieties of skin diseases,
and yet many seem to be produced by the same causes but present different
appearances in different horses

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SKIN DISEASES.

THE MANGE INSECT.

Baldness,- This is produced by faulty digestion sometimes, -when
small pimples appear in abundance and contain a fluid. In this form turn
the horse to grass or give soft feed.

When caused by blisters, burns, etc., if the
true skin has not beeu destroyed, apply, three
or four times a week, the following mixture :
Glycerine, four ounces; tincture of cantharides,
two ounces; mixed.

Some cases do well by using the following :
Iodine, one drachm; lard, two ounces; mix and
rub down to the skin twice a week.

Mange, Itch, etc. — These are contagious
diseases, caused by an insect burrowing in the
skin.

Spmptoms. — The horse rubs himself against
anything he can get at. Small pimples are seen
about the head and neck and under the mane.
The hair falls off and leaves the skin exposed, with red colored points and
fissures. The skin becomes dry and bald, and there is great itching.

Treatment.— GiYe the horse a good scrubbing, with a coarse brush, and
then wash him well with castile soap and water, and dry carefully. As
soon as the horse is thoroughly dried, apply an ointment made as follows :

Sulphur, four ounces ; lard,
ten ounces ; carbolic acid,
half ounce ; mixed.

This disease being con-
tagious, persons should be
careful to have everything
used about the horse thor-
oughly cleansed and subject-
ed to great heat, by steaming
or boiling, to destroy the
insect which is the cause
of the disease. It would
be well to apply some of
the ointment given above
to parts of the stall, rubbing-
posts, etc.

SORES.— Of the

-r^^

great

SYMPTOMS OF MANGE.

variety of sores many are what might be termed licalthy sores, while others
become unhealthy. The former are best treated with tincture of opium

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two ounces, tannin one drachm, mixed and applied in small quantities two

or three times a day. The unhealthy sore is best treated by cleansing the
sore and applying Kendall's Spavin Cure twice a day. In some cases, where
there is proud flesh, cauterize the part with nitrate of silver or blue vitriol,
and, after a few hours, apply Kendall's Spavin Cure.

Kendall's Spavin Cure has given entire satisfaction whenever used, to
our knowledge, for healthy or unhealthy sores on man or least. It should
be used by applying a small quantity directly into the sore after it has been
cleansed.

SPAVIN. — {For location see cut of skeleton.) In nearly all cases of lame-
ness in the hind leg the seat of the disease will be found to be in the hock-
joint, although many persons (not having had experience) locate the diffi-
culty in the hip, simply because they can not detect any swelling of the
hock-joint ; but in many of the worst cases there is not seen any swelling or
enlargement for a long time, and perhaps never.

Bone Spavin is a growth of irregular bony matter from the bones of
the joint, and situated on the inside and in front of the
joint.

Cause. — The cause of spavins are quite numerous, but
usually they are sprains, blows, hard work, and, in fact,
any cause exciting inflammation of this part of the joint.
Hereditary predisposition in horses is a frequent cause.

Symptoms. — The symptoms vary in different cases.

In some horses the lameness comes on very gradually,

BONE SPAVIN. while in others it comes on more rapidly. It is usually

five to eight weeks before any enlargement appears.

There is marked lameness when the horse starts out, but he usually gets

over it after driving a short distance, and, if allowed to stand for awhile,

will start lame again.

There is sometimes a reflected action, causing a little difference in the
appearance over the hip joint, and if no enlargement has made its appear-
ance, a person not having had experience is very liable to be deceived in
regard to the true location of the difficulty. The horse will stand on either
leg in resting in the stable, but when he is resting the lame leg he stands on
the toe.

If the joint becomes consolidated the horse will be stiff in the leg, but
may not have much pain.

Treatment. — That we may not be misunderstood in regard to what we
mean by a cure, vce would say that we mean to stop the lameness, and in
most cases to remove the bunch on such cases as are not past any reasonable
hopes of a cure.

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SPAVIN.

Natural action
brought forward.

Effect of a bad
ppavin. Leg not
brought forward.

But ice do not mean to be under-
stood that in a case of anchylosis
(stiff -joint) we can again restore the
joint to its original condition; for
this is an impossibility, owing to the
union of' the two bones making
them as one. Neither do we mean
that, in any ordinary case of bone
spavin with well formed ossi-
fication (that is, the bunch
become solid bone), that, in such a
case, the enlargement will be re-
moved.

In any bony growths, like spavin
or ring-bone, it will be exceedingly difficult to determine just when there is
a sufficient deposit of phosphate of lime so that it is completely ossified, for
the reason that in some cases the lime is deposited faster than in others, and
therefore one case may be completely ossified in a few months, while in
another it will be as many years.

The cases which are not completely ossified are those that we claim to
remove. One of this class which we have seen removed was a large bone
spavin of four or five years standing, and we think that a large per cent, of
cases are not fully ossified for several months or years.

We are well aware that many good horsemen say that it is impossible to
cure spavins, and, in fact, this has been the experience of horsemen until
the discovery of Kendall's Spavin Cure. It is now known that the treat-
ment which we recommend here will cure nearly every case of bone spavin
which is not past any reasonable hopes of a cure, if the directions are fol-
lowed, and the horse is properly used.

In using Kendall's Spavin Cure apply it two or three times a day, until
the lameness has all subsided, and then gradually decrease the quantity
used, or only apply it once or twice a day.

If it is necessary to use the horse much, apply only at night. When the
enlargement has been removed, the medicine may be left off, and the horse
should have several weeks' rest. Although some horses can be put at light
work as soon as the cure is complete, yet we would recommend that all be
allowed to rest for several weeks.

Some have an erroneous idea, thinking that, in using a bottle of Ken-
dall's Spavin Cure, it makes no difference about the time ta*ken to apply
it, and therefore have used the whole of a bottle in two or three days,
and, as they see no perceptible change, they discard the medicine before
it has had time to take any effect. To such we would say, only a little

sPAvix. 35

will be absorbed and the remainder goes to waste; therefore apply it only
over just the size of the spavin, and enough to wet it well, for two or three
times, at each application, and rub it well down to the skin each time, with
a small swab, or the linger, until it has been absorbed, and repeat this two
or three times a da}^ and continue using the medicine until the cure is com-
plete, which takes usually from two to eight weeks, or longer, according to
the age and condition of the spavin. Much also depends upon how the
horse is used.

In .some very bad and old cases, if the lameness does not subside after
using one bottle of Kendall's Spavin Cure, it would be v/ell to apply Ken-
dall's Blister as directed on box, and f ollov,'^ up with Kendall's Spavin Cure
for two or three weeks,* and repeat the Blister several times if necessary.
The Blister is not, like some we have seen, so powerful as to destroy the
skin and other tissues; j'et it is very well adapted, when used with Ken-
dall's Spavin Cure, to the treatment of old and bad cases which do not
seem to yield with the Spavin Cure alone. (We will send our Blister by
mail to any address on receipt of price, 50 c.)

After a few days' use of Kendall's Spavin Cure, a thick, firm scab is
usually formed, which if pulled off Avill take the hair with it ; yet it does
not affect the growth of the hair. The better way is to applj' soft soap to
soften up the scab, and in two or three hours wash well, and when dry
apply again as before. (See Testimonials and other information in another
part of this book.)

We give no other treatment, as our experience with various other reme-
dies, including blisters, liniments, etc., has been t'<??'y luuatixfactory , as has
been the experience of horsemen all over tiie world ; but Kendall's Spavin
Cure, when properly used, has given entire satisfaction. (See " Our Expe-
rience with B^ne-Spavin/' on page 63 rf this-book.)

Occult Spavin. — This is similar to bone spavin in its nature, the
difference being that the location is within the joint, so that no enlarge-
ment is seen, v*'hicli makes it more difficult to come to a definite conclusion
as to its location, and consequently the horse is oftentimes blistered and
tormented in nearly all parts of the leg but in the right place.

The causes and effects are the same as in bone spavin,
and it should be treateci in the same Avay.

These cases are often mistaken for hip disease, because
no enlargement can be seen.

Bog Spavin. — The location of this kind of spavin is
more in front of the hock- joint than that of bone spavin,
and it is a soft and yet firm swelling. It does not generally
cause lameness. blood spavin..

Treatment. — Use Kendall's Spavin Cure, as directed for

86

SPEAIK.

A splint near
the knea.
A low splint
A small bony
growth on the
front of tilt-
leg, also called
splint.

bone spavin, and, if the enlargement is not removed in two
to four weeks, apply Kendall's Blister, as directed for bone
spavin, and continue the Spavin Cure.

Blood Sfavtn. — This is similar to hog spavin but more
extended, and generally involves the front, inside and out-
side of the joint, giving it a rounded appearance. The
swelling is soft and fluctuating. Young horses and colts,
especially if driven or worked hard, are more liable to have
this form of spavin than older horses.

Treatment. — For this form of spavin (especially bad
cases) we would recommend our Blister, to be applied every
two weeks for a few times, and the Spavin Cure^ to be i
used between times of blistering, as recommended on box.
Rub well, with the hand, often. 2

SPLINT. — This is a small, bony enlargement, and gen-
erally situated on the inside of the fore-leg about three or
four inches below the knee joint, and occurs frequently in
young horses when they are worked too hard.

Treatment should be the same as for bone spavin, which see.

SPRAIN. — By this is meant the sudden shifting of a joint farther than
Is natural, but not so as to produce dislocation. Every joint is liable to
sprain by the horse's falling, slipping, or being overworked. These cases
cause a great deal of trouble, oftentimes producing lameness, pain, swelling,
tenderness, and an unusual amount of heat in the part.

Treatment. — Entire rest should be given the horse, and if the part is found
hot, as is usually the case, .apply cold water cloths, changing frequently,
for from one to three days until the heat has subsided, when apply Ken-
dall's Spavin Cure, twice or three times a day, rubbing well with the hand.

If the fever is considerable, it might be well to give fifteen drops of
tincture of aconite root, three times a day, for one or two days, while the
cold water cloths are being applied. Allow the horse a rest of a few weeks,
especially in bad cases, as it is very difficult to cure some of these cases, un-
less the horse is allowed to rest.

STAGGERS.— A disease of horses, resulting from some lesion of the
brain, which causes a loss of control of voluntary motion. As it generally
occurs in fat horses which are well fed, those subject to these attacks should
not be over-fed. The cause is an undue amount of blood flowing to the brain.

Treatment. — The aim of the treatment should be to remove the cause.
In ordinary cases give half a pound of epsom salts, and repeat if necessary
to have it physic, and be careful about over-feeding.

In mad staggers, it would be well to bleed from the neck in addition to
giving the epsom salts.

STl FLE-.IOI r^T LAMENESS.

PATELLA, OR WHIRLBONE
DISPLACED.

STIFLE-JOINT LAMENESS.— This is not one of very common occur-
rence, but occurs occasionally in colts kept on imeven ground, which
induces dislocation of the stifle, or patella, which slips off from the rounded
heads of the bones when the horse steps.

It sometimes occurs in horses which are kept on bad food, or in those
Aviuch are constitutionally ;weak.

^Symptoms. — The horse stops sud-
denly and extends one of the hind legs
backwards. The pastern is flexed and
the head raised, as shown in the engrav-
ing, and there is a swelling upon the
outer side of the pastern, with great
pain. It sometimes occurs in colts on
the slightest cause.

I'reatment. — Any flurry may restore
the bone to its proper place in colts, but
for cases which do not become replaced,
in colts or horses, get into a shed and fix
a rope to the pastern as shown in the engraving, and throw the other end
over a beam. Then while one person pulls the leg upward and forward,
another should stand

by the quarters and
push the dislocated
patella inward with
both hands. Feed
well, and give the
horse five or six weeks'
rest, or place him in
a level pasture, afid
have him shod with
a piece of iron pro-
jecting from the toe,
especially if the toe
has been worn off.

Apply Kendall's the manistek of replacing the patella.
Spavin Cure over the stifle, as directed for spavin, to remove the soreness
and pain.

SWEENEY. {Atrophy.)— This is a wasting away of the muscles of the
shoulder, and is said to be caused by some disease in the foot or leg.

Treatment. — Treat any disease found in the foot or leg as directed in
other parts of this book. Apply to the shoulder soft soap with a little salt
added, four or five times a week, and rub well.

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THOROITGnriN.

THOROUGHPIN.— An airection aeooinpauying blood spavin, and
generally caused by excessive labor.

Symptoms. — A round tumor going through the leg and appearing on the
outside and in front of the joint of the hock. Thoroughpin is the same
disease as blood spavin, on a more extensive scale, causing the enlargement
to extend through the joint from one side to the other.

Treatment. — Same as for blood spavin, which see.

TUMORS are swellings or enlargements of any part of the body. They
vary according to their situation and nature.

Treatment. — The treatment varies with different horsemen. And we
would say that in some cases it might be best to have them cut out, and
yet there are many other cases which can be removed by the use of Kendall's
Spavm Cure, applied as directed for spavin. We now have in mind a case
of a bony tinnor which had been sawed off by a surgeon, but, from some
cause, continued to grow; after it had again reached quite a large size the
owner of the horse began to use Kendall's Spavin Cure, and, after he had
used one or two bottles, told us that the tumor was nearly removed, and
on examination we found it quite difficult to detect it.

WATER FARCY is the result of weakness in the old, and of inflam-
matory action in the young. By long continued labor, from twelve to
eighteen hours each day, the horse, already debilitated, is by abuse made a
fit subject for water farcy

It is the custom of some to
feed largely on Saturday night
and not to visit again until Mon-
day morning, when they are
liable to find the animal, so
cruelly treated, with one swollen
leg. The horse holds the leg up
as seen in the engraving &nd
will generally be lame. He is
in too much pain, and is too
tired, to eat, but will be very
thirsty on account of the agonies
which his cruel treatment has brought upon him. When water farcy
occurs, let it be understood that it is because the horse has been worked too
long and too hardly, and that if the animal is not better cared for, Farcy
will be the result.

Treatment. — Let the work be lighter, the nourishment sufficient and
of better quality and the stable kept clean and well ventilated. Lead the
horse out, two or three times a day, for gentle exercise. As soon as the

THE driver's first YISIT ON
MONDAY MORNma.

WIND (lALLS. 39

limb will bear friction let it be well rubbed witJi the hands, and this repeated
often. Bathe with cold water and rub dry. If the lameness and swelling
continue, take two parts of alcohol and one of Kendall's Spavin Cure, mix,
and bathe the leg with the mixture, and rub well. Then take iodide of
potassium, one drachm; pulv. gentian, one drachm; pulv. ginger, one drachm;
sulphate of iron, one drachm; linseed meal, two ozs. ; make into a ball, and
give at one dose, repeating every day for several days.

Prepare the above balls as they are wanted each day, because the iodide
of potassium should be kept in a vial until it is wanted for use. Always
begin the treatment as soon as possible.

WIND GALLS.— Soft swellings or enlargements just above the fetlock
joints, which are caused by over-exertion or by sprains. They are of a sim-
ilar nature to blood spavin, and may be treated in the same way; or place
exactly on the wind galls pieces of cork covered with cloth large enough to
press them down, and wet with Kendall's Spavin Cure, and keep the corks
pressed on the galls by the use of a rubber bandage, only removing it when
the horse is used and when it is necessary to wet the compress.

Apply only a little of Kendall's Spavin Cure to the compress, and be
careful not to have it so tight as to cause strangulation of the leg, but
only as tight as can be without causing strangulation. Remove the com-
press as soon as there are any signs of soreness, and bathe, once or twice a
a day, with the Kendall's Spavin Cure, until all soreness has subsided.
Care should be exercised in the use of the compress, or sores may be pro-
duced. (See directions for the Treatment of Bone Spavin.)

WORMS.— There are several kinds of worms which infest the horse,

some of which produce a vast
amount of mischief.

Tenia. {Tape Worm.) — These
trouble the young mostly, and are
usually caused by starving the
mare when with foal, and by breed-
ing from old animals. The dam
and sire should be in perfect health
if a valuable colt is desired. Gen-
The horse rubs hi8 nose violenny against a wall tlc\vork is always better for the
■when there is irritation from worms. , , . .., ^ i

mare than to remam without work.

Symptoms. — When tape-worm is present, there is checked development,
large head, long legs, ravenous appetite, uaheaithy coat, thin body, fetid
breath. The colt picks and bites its own iiair. rubs its nose against a wall,
or strains it violently upwards.

4:0 YELLOW WATERS.

Treatment. Give spirits of turpentine. For a colt three months old
give from one-fourth to one-half ounce; six months old, one-half to one
ounce; one year, one to one and a half ounces; two years, one and one-half
to two ounces; four years, three to four ounces. Also procure one pound
of quassia chips and pour three quarts of boiling water on to them ; then
mix a proportional dose of the quassia infusion with the turpentine, and
cause it to blend together by stirring in well with yolks of eggs. Add
twenty grains of powdered camphor gum, and give the dose the first thing
in the morning.

Feed well afterward, and give every morning until the coat is glossy,
muriated tincture of iron, from one to ten drachms, according to age, and
also Fowler's Solution, from one-fourth to three drachms.

LuMBRici. — Long, round worms, which are sometimes seen eighteen
inches long. They prey upon the weakly, whether old or young.

Treatment. — Give one drachm tartar emeti€, worked into a ball with iin-
seed meal and flour, every morning, until the desired etf ect is accomplished.
Or give calomel, three drachms ; tartar emetic, one drachm; mixed, and made
into three balls, to be given at night for three nights; and give, one day
after the last ball, a good purging ball.

Pen Worms, — This variety of worms inhabits the rectum, and causes
great itching posteriorly, which causes the horse to rub its hair off against
the wall.

Treatment. — Most medicines are deprived of their activity because they
do not reach the rectum ; therefore it is best to treat with injections whicli
win come directly in contact with the parasites. Take one ounce catechu and
a quart of water, and, when dissolved, give as an injection, and repeat for
seven mornings. On the eighth day give a mash; at night follow with one-
half ounce aloes, and one drachm calomel. Repeat the above if necessary.
Injections of tobacco smoke work well.

YELLOW WATERS. —This affection is the result of liver disease, and
has derived its name from the characteristic color of the membranes of tlie
eyes, nose and mouth, which have a peculiar yellowness that is caused by
the liver being diseased, so that its natural functions are not properly per-
formed, and a large amount of bile is thrown back into the blood, instead
of being carried off in its natural way, and only eliminated partially
through the kidneys. It occurs more often in horses which are highly fed
and have nothing to do, than in any others.

Treatment. — Give ginger, two drachms; powdered mandrake root, one
drachm; powdered aloes, four drachms; mix, and give at one dose. Feed
the horse with soft feed and grass to loosen the bowels. Repeat the al)ove
dose as often as shall be necessary, which, in most cases, perhaps, would be
about every other day.

DOSES FOR THE HOUSE.

41

DOSES FOE THE HOESE.

Name op Drug.

Action and Use.

Dose.

Antidote.

Aloes.
Alum.
Aiii.-e Seed.
Aqiia Ammonia.

Arseuic.
As:if'a?ti(la.
Bicarbonate of I
Potash. )■

Bismuth.

Black Antimony.

Blue Vitriol.
Calomfl.
Cauij)h(>r.
Caiitliarides.
Carl>()lic Acid.
Castur Oil.
Oayenuc
Chlorate of j

Potash. \

Coppei-iis.
Crotou Oil.
Digitalis leif.
E])som Salts.
Ether.

Fowler's Solution

Gentian Root.

Ginger.

Glauber's Salts.

iodide of I

Pot-s.-ium. i

Linseed Oil, Raw-
Magnesia.

Mercurial Oint
menl.

Nux Vomica.

Opium.

Prepared Chalk.
Quinine.
Saltpetre.
Soda Bicarb.

Soda Sulphite.
Solution of Lime.

Spirits of
rufurm.

Strj'chnia.
Sulphur.

Chlo

Laxative and Tonic.

Astringent.

Aromatic and Stomachic.

Stimulant and Antacid.

J Alterative and Tonic. Used for I

I Paralysis, Mange, etc. (

Anti-spasmodic, Coughs, etc.

j Diuretic and Antacid. Good for |

) Rheumatism. J

For Chronic Diarrhea, etc.

Promotes the Secretions.

Astringent and Tonic.

Cathartic.

Anti-spasmodic.

Diuretic and Stimulant.

Externally and Disinfectant.

Cithartic."

Stimulant and Carminative.
( Dinretic. Given for Bloating, (
> etc. \

Tonic and Astringent.

Powerful Purgative.

Sedative and Diuretic.

Cathartic and Febrifuge.

Anti-spasmodic.

\ Used for Skin diseases. See Ar- /
i senic, a preparation of. f

Tonic.
Tonic, Stimulant and Stomachic.
Used lor Flatulent Cohc, Dys-
pepsia, etc.

Cathartic.

^ Diuretic and Alterative. Used )
; for Rheumatism, Dropsy, En- I
( larged Glands, etc. )

Cathartic and Nutritive.
\ For colts as an Antacid and Laxa- /
I tive. f

s Used for Mange, Itch, Lice, and /
■| other parasites. f

j Nervous stimulant. Used for Pa- I
I ralysis. )

f Anodyne and Antispasmodic.")
-( Given in Colic, Inrtammation of }-
I Bowels, Diarrhcea, etc. j

Antacid.

Tonic. Given during convalescence.

Diuretic ani Febrifuge.

Similar to Bicarb. Potash.

j Antiseptic and Alterative. Used /

» lor Blood diseases. f

j Antacid, used as an antidote to (

/ poisoning by acids. j

I Anodyne and Anti-spasmodic.

j Tonic and Stimulant. Used for )

/ Paralysis. )

Alterative and Laxative. Used i

for Skin diseases and Rheuma- V

tism. 1

1-2 to 1 oz.
i to 3 drs.
1-2 to 2 ozs.
1 to 4 drs.

1 to 5 grs.

1 to 3 drs.

3 to 5 drs.

1-2 to 1 oz.

1-4 to 1-2 dr.

1-2 to 1 dr.
10 to 40 grs.
1-2 to 1 dr.
8 to 6 grs.

1 2tol pt.

5 to 25 grs.

1-2 to 2 drs.

'i to 11/2 drs
lOtolSd'p's
:0 to 20 grs.

2 to 8 ozs.
1-2 to 2 ozs.

1 to 4 drs.

1 to 2 drs.

2 to 5 drs.

6 to 12 ozs.

1-2 to 1 1-2
drs.

1 to 2 pts.

1-4 to 1 oz.

15 to 25 grs.

1-4 to 1 dr.

1-2 to 1 oz.

15 to 50 grs.
1 to 3 drs.

3 to 8 drs.

1-2 to 1 oz.

4 to 6 ozs.
1 to 2 ozs.
1-2 to 1 gr.

1-2 to 2 ozs.

Vinegar.
Magnesia and oiL

j Vinegar and raw
I Linseed Oil.

j Infus'n of oak bark
/ Give also lins'doil.
Eggs, Milk, etc.
Eggs and Milk.

Eggs; soap; gruel.

Opium.

Stimulate.

\ Hydrated peroxide
I of Iron.

( Give freely starch
< or flour, with water
( largely.

i Whitesof Eggs with
I milk given freely.
f Saleratus, follovved
I quickly by cop-
j peras, "both dissolv-
t ed in water.

BeUadonna, strong coffee,
brandy and ammoniii.
Dash cold water on, and
keep the horse moving.

( Linseed oil largely.
) Raw.

Tobacca

43

DOSES FOR THE HORSE.

Name of Drug.

Action and tTSB.

DOSB.

Sweet Spirits of

Nitre.
Tannic Acid.
Tartar Emetic."
Tincture of Ac

onite Root.
Tincture of Can-

tharides.
Tincture Ergot.
Tincture Iodine.

Tincture Iron.

Tr. Nux Vomica.
Tincture Opium.

White Vitriol.

[ Diuretic and Diaphoretic.

Astringent.

sedative and Alterative.

r Sedative. Used for lung fever, etc .

I Stimulant and Tonic.

Parturient.

Used externally.

j Tonic and Astringent. Used for }

I Tj'phoid diseases. j

j Tonic. Stimulant in Paralj^sis |

I and Dyspepsia. f

Anodyne and Anti-spasmodic.

J Astringent. Used for cuts, i
1 vv'ounds and sores, in solution, f

Vi toll/2 ozf

■20 to 40 grs .
1-8 to 1-2 dr

15to35d'p\'

1 to2ozs.
1 to 2 ozs.

1-2 to 1 oz.

•2 to 4 drs.
1 to 2 oz =.

,") to 15 grs.

Tannic Acid.

^Gite small doses of Nns
i Vomita, and stimaiaiits
( largely, and keep moviiig.

See Nux Vomica.

See Opium.

J Millx, eggs and
1 flour.

For a colt one month old, give one twenty-fourth of the full dose for an adult horse as
given above; three months old, one-twelfth; six months old, one-sixth; one year old,
one-third ; two years old, one-half; three years old, three-fourths.

IN MEASURING LIQUIDS,

A tablespoonful is equal to half an ounce by measure.

A dessert-spoonful is equal to one-fourth ounce, or two drachms.

A teaspoonful is equal to one drachm.

A teacup is estimated to contain about four fluid ounces, or a gilL

A wine glass about two fluid ounces.

The above named household implements vary in size and capacity, so
that usually it is difflcult to measure with them accurately ; yet, for nearly
all medicines, it will be near enough for all practical purposes, excepting
some teacups are now made to hold six or eight ounces, so that, if the med-
icine to be measured is poison, it is well to give smaller doses if the exact
capacity is not known. It is best for those having much use for measures to
procure a glass graduate which will measure drachms and ounces.

A VERY FOOIJSH MANTSTER OP
TORTURING HORSES.

A BETTER AND MORE HUMANE WAY OF
TREATING OUR FAITHFUL FRIEND.

AGE OF THE IIOKSB.

43

THE AGE OF THE HOESE,

Determined by the appearance of the teeth.

The safept way of determining the age of ahorse is by the appearance of the teeth,
which undergo certain changes iu the course of years. AlthouLih it maybe impossible
to give any rules which will be found to be exactly correct in every case, yet the following
classification is geuer;il]y correct; but exceptions will occur, as, fir instance, a noble
horse may be taken for younger than he really is, because the strong strncture of all the
boues makes the teeth also stronger than those of a horse of the same age, of an Inferior
breed.

Eight to fourteen daj's after birth, the first middle nippers of the set cf milk teeth are
cut (Fig. 1); four to si.\: weeks afterwards, the pair next to them (Fig. 2); and finally,
after six or eight m(mths, the last (Fig. 3).

All these milk teeth have a well-defined body and neck, and a slender fang, and on
their front surfaces grooves or furrows, which disappear from tlie midiile nippers at the
end of (me year; from the next pair in two years; and from the incisive teeth (cutters)
in three years.

At the age of two, the nippers become loose and fall out; in their places appear two
permanent teeth, with deep, black cavities, and full, sharp edges (Big. 4).

At the age of three, ihe next iiair (Fig;. 5) fall out.

At four years old, the corner teeth fall out (Kig. 6).

At five A ears old, the horse has his permanent set of teeth.

The teeth grow in length as the horse advances in years, but at the same lime, his teeth
are worn away, by use, about one twelfth of nn inch every year; so that the black cav-
ities of the centre nippers below disappear in the sixth year (Fig. 7); those of the next
pair, in the seventh year (Fig. 8); and those of the corner teeth, in the eighth year (Fig.
9;. Also the outer corner teeth of upper .ind lower jaw just meet at eight years of age.

At nine years old, cups leave the two centre nippers above, and each of the two upper
corner teeth has a l.ttle sharp protrusion at the extreme outer corners (Fig. 10).

At the age often, the cups disappear from the adjoining teeth.

At the age of eleven, the cups disappear from the corner teeth above, and are only
indicated by brownish spots.

The oval form beconies bnader. and changes, from the twelfth to the sixteenth year,
more and moic into a t'riangidar form, and the teeth lose, finally, with the tw. ntieth year,
all regularity. There is nothing remaining ia the teeth that can afterwards clearly
show the age of the horse, or justify the most experienced examiner in giving a positive
opinion.

The tushes, or canine teeth, conical in shape, with a sharp point, and curved, are cut
between the third and fourth year; their points become more and mon; roun^led, imtil
the ninth year, and after that, more and more dull in the course of years, and lose, final-
ly, all regular shape. Mares have, frequently, no tusks, or only very faintly indicated.

44

BREEDING.

BEEEDIiSTG.

This very important subject is too often neglected. A common mistake
in breeding is often made, that mares are bred from after they become
useless for work, regardless of hereditary diseases which may be trans-
mitted to their offspring. It should be remembered that one of the charac-
teristic laws of life is the reproduction in kind — " like begets like."

Both parents should be selected with reference to their individual points
of excellence, and also so that the points of one may be adapted to the
points of the other ; for, although both may be excellent individually, the
points which characterize one may actually counteract those of the other ;
but, if defects exist, the breeder should be sure that it is merely accidental
and not natural.

i^one but sound parents should be bred from ; (accidents, of course, are
not to be regarded as unsoundness). Both parents should be free from any
iiitirmity relative to a vicious temper or bad disposition, although
the points of excellence in one way sometimes counteract the bad point.^

BREEDING. 45

in the other relative to that defect. Great care should be exercised that the
same defect does not exist in both. Some knowledge of the parentage of
the sire and dam is therefore indispensable.

For ordinary business purposes the best form of a mare to breed from is
a short-legged beast, with a deep and roomy chest, wide hips, and so built
in every way as to indicate a robust animal, with a strong constitution.
Always avoid, if possible, selecting a mare for breeding purposes which has
ring-bone, spavin, or any disease that will render the offspring liable to be
afflicted with the same, by hereditary descent.

The "breed" should be taken into consideration also. If it is desired
to raise a carriage beast, select a mare with a good, animated counte-
nance, sprightly, not too nervous nor too sluggish, but with a general mus-
cular structure. The head of the brood-mare is a point which should be
always regarded, for a mare that has a large head, with a dull, stupid coun-
tenance, will not breed a good foal, unless it might be from a very sprightly,
ambitious horse. The shoulder blade should be wide and long, extending
nearly to the top of the withers, and so well covered with muscle as not to
present any undue prominence.

The neck should come out from the top of the withers and not low
down; the fore-leg should be perpendicular, so that the point of the shoulder
and the toe will be in a right line ; the foot should be sound, and of good,
symmetrical shape.

The hips should be long, oval and broad; the hock-joint should be well
formed, and not of the "cow-hock" or "sickle-hock" kind.

In selecting a stallion, the rules which we have already given should be
observed, remembering that compactness is quite essential, that much good-
ness and strength may be condensed into a small space. The shoulder
should be well back, with the shoulder blade lying obliquely, except that,
when it is desired to raise a slow draught-horse, a large stallion, with up-
right shoulders, should be selected.

In summing up the whole matter we would say, if you would be suc-
cessful in breeding do not breed into the same family and blood, but select
a horse of different blood, unless it should be eight or ten generations re-
moved.

Avoid using a horse which is defective in any particular, when the mare
nas the same defect, but select one as nearly perfect as possible in that point.
Do not breed small mares with very large horses, for there should be mutual
adaptation in size and form, as we have before stated.

46

SHOEING.

SHOEUsTG.

With a poor hoof an otherwise
valuable horse becomes almost
worthless, sO that the common
saying, "No foot, no horse," is
practically correct. For this rea-
son the subject of liorse-shoeing is
one which should receive much
attention, as it is by poor shoeing
that so many horses are rendered
almost valueless for life.

For want of space we can only
give some of the more important points which should be observed in order
to preserve the hoof in a natural and healthy condition.

The hoof, in its natural state, is adapted only to a grassy surface ; so
that, when we wish to bring the horse into practical use upon our hard and
stony roads, it becomes necessary to protect the hoof, by shoeing, from the
unnatural wear and tear which it is subjected to.

It is greatly to be regretted that so large a share of the men who are
permitted to do this very important work of shoeing the horse, are so
ignorant of the nature and structure of the foot and the principal rules which
should guide them in doing this very important branch of work.

It is a great fault of nearly all shoers that they cut and pare with the
idea of improving the foot, when their aim should be, mainly, to let nature
have her course as much as possible, or, in other words, to imitate the
natural condition of the foot, and only pare away such parts as have become
useless. The shoe should always be fitted to the foot, and not the foot to
the shoe, as is too often practiced. That part of the hoof which should not
have pressure is the portion between the bar and the quarter, commonly
known as the seat of corns. (For location, see engraving on 10th page.)

The greatest pressure should be around the outside of the foot, for about
half an inch.

The frog should be allowed to come to the ground, which will prevent,
to a certain extent, the concussion which would otherwise take place. The
frog should not he cut down, as is frequently practiced, nor should it be
touched, when healthy, except for the purpose of cleansing.

SHOEING. 47

In paring the foot, be very careful not to cut down the outside, so as to
allow the entire weight to rest on the inside of the shoe upon the sole; but
only cut away the dead portion of horn on the sole, and cut down the wall
from heel to toe until the bearing is natural, leaving it even and as near its
natural state as possible. A red-hot shoe should not be allowed to be burned
into the foot ta fit it.

The shoe to be selected should depend upon the condition of the foot
and the condition of the roads, etc. The flat shoe, when properly applied,
leaves the foot nearest its natural shape, by allowing the horse a good, even
foundation to stand upon, and is most likely to give satisfaction for all
ordinary purposes. At some seasons of the year it will be necessary to have
calks upon the shoes, but o: dinarily the foot should be allowed to come as
near the ground as possible.

"What we mean by the flat shoe is one flat upon its superior surface, which
comes in direct contact with the hoof, the under surface being partially
concave, so as to assist the horse in grasping the ground, to prevent slipping
and to assist in progressing.

The shoe should he as big an the foot so as not to require any cutting down
the hoof so as to make it fit the shoe, and the heels of the shoe should not
be permitted to project backwards beyond the heel of the hoof more than
about one-eighth of an incli.

The outward margin of the shoe should just correspond with the shape
of the foot, except at the heel, where the shoe should be a little wider from
quarter to heel, especially on the outside.

Many persons are not aware of the thinness of the hoof, which makes it
quite necessary that the nail holes should be near the edge, and quite well
forward in the toe, so as to avoid driving the nails into the quick, wiiich
would cause serious lameness and injury.

Do not rasp under the nail clinches, nor over them ; and do not use the
rasp at all on the outside of the hoof, not even below the clinches, except
just enough near the shoe to round the edge, and do not cut down the hoof
if you have used a shoe which is too small.

A nail for a horse's foot differs materially from every other kind of nail,
not only in shape, but in the quality of iron from wiiicli it should be made ;
it is important that it should be made from the very best of iron, free from
flaws, seams, liability to sliver, and all sulphurous gases in the process of
manufacture. It is presumed that every shoer knows that a nail forged
hot, from the end of a rod, needs no argument to convince any one that a
hciter nail is thus obtained than by punching, rolling and shearing them
from a cold plate. The numerous and well authenticated cases where
valuable horses have been ruined by using cold rolled nails, are enough to
deter any first-class shoer from driving anything but a Hot Forged nail,

SPRUNG KNEE &
COCKLED ANKLE.

40 SPRUNG KNEES.

SPRUNG KNEES.— There exists considerable

difference of opinion in regard to the cause of this

defect. Investigation shows a permanent shortening

of the ligaments at the hind part of the knee.

Treatment. — The best treatment known to us and,

we believe the best that can be adopted, is to have

the place where the horse stands highest under the

hind feet, by placing a good quantity of bedding for

him to stand on back of the fore feet; then have the

horse shod with a high heel, or shoes which grow

thicker from toe to heel. Apply Kendall's Spavin

Cure over the ligaments at the hind part of the knee-

joint, extending to each side as far as the ligaments

are felt, and apply it from above the joint down one-
third the distance to the fetlock ; also apply it in front

of the joint when there is any thickening or enlarge-
ment there. The Spavin Cure is also one of the best remedies known for

cockled ankles, it should be applied in front and around the ankle at night ;

or if the horse is not being worked, it may be used two or three times a day.
CRIB-BITING.— This is a habit which is very unpleasant, and one that

makes a horse unsalable, although not so
serious a defect as has been represented by
some. The act of cribbing consists of the
horse grasping or pressi ng against the edge
of the manger, or any other convenient
place, with his teeth, as shown in the en-
graving; and then after a convulsive action
of the throat, there will be heard a grunting
sound, accompaned by an apparent drawing
in of air, although it is thought by many
that, instead of this,
a small portion of
gas is eructated
after some effort.

Ca?«e-Unhealthy
and poorly-ventilat-
ed stable, sameness

of food, indigestion, and many times it is the result

of imitation, if they see it practiced daily by other

horses.

Treatment. — Take out the manger, and feed the appearance of the

horse from the floor, leaving no place which is con- teeth of an old

venient for him to grasp with his teeth ; this the most crib-biter.

ACT OF CRIBBING.

NOTICE — TO OUR PATRONS AND ALL HORSE OWNERS. 49

natural position in wliich a horse can take his food, and we l^elieve it to be
the best in any case, whether the horse has the habit or not; but this
alone might not prove effectual in all cases, and therefore we recommend
to place before the horse a lump of rock-salt, which will many times effect
a cure, especialy if taken as soon as the first symptoms are noticed, which
are many times preceded by the horse licking the manger out all over the
surface which is in his reach ; if this does not prove effectual, place a lump
of chalk before him. Attend to ventilating the stable, so as to give the
horse pure air; then give Prof. Flint's Renovating Powders as described
on pages 71 and 95, and also the leaf inserted between pages 80 and 81, and
the circular between pages 64 and 65 for testimonials. These Powders will
improve the digestion and condition of the stomach. Some recommend a
strap buckled around the neck, which will usually stop it if buckled tight;
b\it this is very injurious to the horse. Others recommend a muzzle, with
bars across the bottom far enough apart to allow the horse to get his hay
or grain, but not to grasp the edge of the manger.

NOTICE-To Our Patrons and All Horse Owners.

The remedies, receipts, directions and treatments given in
this book have proved by long experience and practice to give
the most satisfactory and best resuks,. and we give them to our
patrons with perfect confidence in their merits. Should you not
have the ingredients or conveniences at hand for preparing the
receipts in this book they can be filled by 3'our Druggist at a shght
cost. For the price list of our remedies see page 96.

We have endeavored to include all the practical and necessary
information for the care, treatment and management of the horse,
but should any of our friends and patrons be in doubt as to the
afHiction or ailment of their horses or the proper treatment to be
followed, and do not find the information in this book, we suggest
that they correspond with us. We have a most complete Librarv
of Standard Veterinary works, and a long experience in answering
this class of inquiries, and if they will state carefully the nature
and exact location of the difficulty, of liow long standing, all the
symptoms and indications, also what treatment, if any, has been
followed and any general information bearing on the subject, we
will gladly prescribe or advise as to the treatment, free of anv cost
to our patrons. Address, DR. B. J. KENDALL CO.',

Enosburg Falls, Vt., U. S. A.

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MISCELLANEOUS RECEIPTS.

For Colic.
{See Treatment of Colic)

No. 1.— Take of laudanum, 1 ounce; spirits of turpentine, H ounces.
Mix, and give at one dose, in three times the amount of warm water.

No. 2. — Sulphuric ether, 1 1,^ ounces; laudanum, i ounce; essence of
peppermint, 2 ounces ; water, i6 ounces. Mix, and shake well before
giving. For further particulars, see page 8.

For Heaves.
{See Treatment of Heaves.)

No. 1.— One teaspoonful of lobelia, given in the feed, once a day for a
week, and then once or twice a week, will stop them for a time.

No. 2. — Balsam copaiba, 1 ounce ; spirits of turpentine, 2 ounces ;
balsam fir, 1 ounce ; cider vinegar, IG ounces. Mix, and give a tablespoon-
ful once a day.

No. 3. — Saltpetre. 1 ounce ; indigo, | ounce ; rain water, four pints.
Mix, and give a pint twice a day.

See page 19 for particulars and other treatment. Prof. Flint's Powders
is the best remedy known to us. For descriptions please refer to leaf
inserted between pages 80 and 81 ; also page 71 and circular between
pages 64 & 65 for testimonials from our patrons who have used the Powders.

Contracted Hoof or Sore Feet.

No. 1. — Take equal parts of soft fat, yellow wax, linseed oil, Venice
turpentine and Norway tar ; first melt the wax, then add the others, mixing
thoroughly. Apply to the edge of the hair once a day.

No. 2. — Benzine, 1 ounce ; salts of nitre, 1 ounce ; alcohol, 3 ounces;
aqua ammonia, 2 ounces; Venice turpentine. Bounces. Mix. Apply to the
edge of the hair and all over the hoof once a day for ten days, then twice a
v/eek for a short time.

No. 3. — Rosin, 4 ounces ; lard, 8 ounces ; heat them^ over a slow fire,
then lake off and add powdered verdigris, 1 ounce, and stir v/ell to prevent
its nmning over ; wdien partly cool add 2 ounces spirits of turpentine.
Apply to the hoof about one. inch down from the hair.

MISCELLANEOUS KEcElPTS. 51

Horse Liniments.

KENDALL^S SPAVIN CURE is the best article known to the profes-
sion for any purpose for which liniments are used for horse or man.
It is a private formula, therefore, do not give it here, it would, however,
cost at nearly every drug store in the land more to have it put up, strictlv
according to our formula, than it now costs the consumer. We can do this
as we buy all the costly drugs in very large quantities of first producers.

If your horse has a Spavin, Ringbone, Curb or other blemish ; is lame
from any cause, sprains, sore tendons, bruises, swellings, etc. ; in fact, any
trouble for which a specific for bony growth or general liniment may be
desired— ask your Dj-u.^siftfor KENDALL^SSPATO

Regarding its merits — we would refer you to page 63, giving our experience
with it, also pages 65 to 74 giving the endorsements of our Patrons.

For Scratches and Grease Heel.

Xo. 1.— Balsam fi'\ AounccG, lard, 4 ounces. Stir, with a gentle heat,
iiiiiil Ihorougbly mixed. Wash the sores well with castile soap, and apply.

-^Q_ 2.— Sugar of lead, 2 ounces; borax, 1 ounce; sweet oil, 6 ounces.
Tilix, and apply twice daily, after washing with castile soap, and drying.

]Nfo. 3.— Tincture of myrrh, 2 ounces: glycerine, 4 ounces; tincture of
arnica, 2 ounces. Mix thoroughly, and apply two or three times a day, after
cleansing, as above, with castile soap.

1^0. 4.— Take i ounce of powdered verdigris and 1 pint of rum or
proof spirits. Mix, and apply once or twice a day. This works nicely for
urease heel or mud fever.

For furthci particulars see pages 19 and 30. Kendall's Spavin Cure
has also been used v/ith good success in connection with other treatment.
Plot. Flint's Powders are excellent especially if the horse's blood is impure.

Cuts, "Wounds and Sores.

j^'o. 1.— Take of lard, 4 ounces; beeswax, 4 ounces; rosin, 2 ounces;
carbolic acid, i ounce. Mix the first three, and melt; then add the carbolic
acid, stirring until cool. This is excellent for man as well as beast.

]v^o 2.— Tincture aloes, 1 ounce ; tincture myi-rh, ^ ounce ; tincture
opium, i ounce ; water, 4 ounces. Mix, and apply night and morning.

;f^TQ 3. —Tincture opium, 2 ounces; tannin, i ounce. Mix.

See pages 32 and 33 for further information. Kendall's Spavin Cure
is good for fresh cuts.

Sweeney.

No. I. — Spanish flies, camphor gum and cayenne, of each i ounce;
alcohol, 10 ounces ; spirits turpentine, 6 ounces ; oil origanum, 2 ounces.
Mix. .See page 37 for further information.

52 MISCELLANEOUS RECEIPTS.

No. 2. — Alcohol, 16 ounces; spirits turpentine, 10 ounces; muriate of
ammonia, 1 ounce. Mix.

No. 3. — Alcohol, water, spirits turpentine and soft soap, of each 1 pint;
salt, 6 ounces. Mix.

Poll Evil and Fistula.
No. 1. — Copperas, 1 drachm; blue vitriol, 3 drachms; common salt, 2
drachms; white vitriol, 1 drachm. Mix, and powder fine. Fill a goose
quill with the powder, and push it to the bottom of the pipe, having a stick
in the top of the quill, so that you can push the powder out of the quill,
leaving it at the bottom of the pipe ; repeat again in about four days, and in
two or three days from that time you can take hold of the pipe and remove
it without trouble.

No. 2. — Tincture of opium, 1 drachm ; potash, 2 drachms ; water, 1
ounce. Mix, and, when dissolved, inject into the pipes with a small syringe,
having cleansed the sore with soap-suds ; repeat every two days until the
pipes are completely destroyed.

For full particulars, see page 27; and kindred ailments Shoe boil,
Capped Hock, etc., page 7.

Bo±s.
Take new milk, 2 quarts; syrup, 1 quart. Mix, and give the whole, and,
in fifteen or twenty minutes after, give two quarts of warm, strong sage
tea ; half an hour after the tea, give one quart of raw linseed oil, or, if the
oil can not be had, give lard instead.

Ointment for Horses.
Beeswax, 2 ounces; rosin, 3 ounces; lard, 4 ounces; carbolic acid, 1
drachm; honey, i ounce; melt all together and bring slowly to a boil; then
remove from the fire, and add, slowly, 1 gill of spirits of turpentine, stirring
all the time until cool. Used, with good success, for galls, cracked heels,
flesh wounds or bruises.

Condition Powders.
No. 1.— Gentian, fenugreek, sulphur, saltpetre, cream of tartar, of each
2 ounces; resin, black antimony, of each 1 ounce; ginger, liquorice, 3
ounces each; cayenne, 1 ounce; pulverized and mixed thoroughly. Dose, 1
tablespoonful, once or twice a day, mixed with the food. Used, with good
success, for coughs, colds, distemper, hide-bound, and nearly all diseases
for which condition powders are given.

No. 2. — Fenugreek, 4 ounces; ginger, 6 ounces; anise, pulverized, 4
ounces; gentian, 2 ounces; black antimony, 2 ounces; hard wood ashes, 4
ounces. Mix all together. Excellent to give a horse an appetite.

See Prof. Flint's Powders described on page 95, also see leaf between
pages So and Si for full particulars; and for testimonials, page 71. These

MISCELLANEOUS IlECEIPTS. 53

Powders are prepaired from High Grade and Pure Drugs; entirely free
from adulterations of any kind. We think, they, are the

best article known for Impure Blood, Coughs, Pinkeye, Heaves, Hide-
bound, Rough Coat, Epizootic, Etc.

Liniments for Horses.

KENDALL'S SPAVIN CURE is the best article known to the profes-
sion for any purpose for which liniments are used for horse or man.
It is a private formula, therefore, do not give it here, it would, however,
cost at nearly every drug store in the land more to have it put up, strictly
according to our formula, than it now costs the consumer. We can do this
^s we buy all the costly drugs in very large quantities of first producers.

If your horse has a Spavin, Ringbone, Curb or other blemish ; is lame
from any cause, sprains, sore tendons, bruises, swellings, etc. ; in fact, any
trouble for which a specific for bony growth or general liniment may be
desired— ask your Druggist for KENDALL'S SPAVIN CURE.
Regarding its merits — we would refer you to page 63, giving our experience
with it, also pages 6$ to 74 giving the endorsements of our Patrons.

Saddle and Harness G-alls, Bruises, etc.

No. 1. — Tincture of opium, 2 ounces; tannin, 2 drachms. Mix, and apply
twice a day.

No. 2. — Take white lead and linseed oil, and mix as for paint, and
apply two or three times a day. This is good for scratches, or au}^ wounds
on a horse.

Eyewater for Horses.

Sugar of lead, 1 drachm; tincture of opium, 3 dracluns; soft water, 1
pint. Mix, and wash the eye two or three times a day.

Founder.

No. 1. — Vinegar, 3 pints; cayenne pepper, i drachm; tincture of aconite
root, 15 drops. Mix, and iDoil down to one quart; v.iien cool, give it as a
drench. Blanket the horse well ; after the horse has perspired for an hour or
more, give one quart of raw linseed oil. This treatment will be found good
for horses foundered by eating too nuich ^;rain

No-. 2. — Some recommend for horses foundered on grain, to l)leed about
one gallon, then to drench the horse with one quart of raw linseed oil; after
this to rub the fore legs well, and for a long time, with very warm w^ater,
having a little tincture of opium mixed with it. As the horse will not
recover from loss of blood for a long time, it is usually better to adopt th^
treatment given in No. I.

54 MISCELLANEOUS RECEIPTS.

Anodyne Drenches.

No. i. — Tincture of opium, 1 ounce; starch gruel, 1 quart. Mix.

No. 2. — Sweet spirits of nitre, 1 ounce; tincture of opium, 1 ounce;
essence of peppermint, J ounce; water, 1 pint. Mix.

No. 3. — Tincture of opium, 1 ounce; spirits of camplior, ^ ounce; anise.
I ounce; sulphuric ether, 1 ounce; water, 1 pint. Mix.

Diabetes.

Sugar of lead, 10 grains; alum, 30 grains; catechu, 1 drachm; tincture
of opium, i ounce; water, 1 pint. Mix.

Farcy and Glanders.

No. 1. — Iodide of potassium, H drachms; copperas, i drachm; ginger, 1
drachm ; gentian, 2 drachms ; powdered gum arable and s>Tup to form a
ball.

No. 2. — Calomel, i drachm; turpentine, i ounce; blue vitriol, 1 drachm;
gum arable and syrup to form a ball.

No. 3. — One-half ounce sulphite of soda, 5 grains Spanish flies, powdered.
Mix, and give at night in cut feed for several weeks ; give at the same time.
every morning and noon, 3 drachms powdered gentian, 2 drachms powdered
blue vitriol ; give the medicine for a long time ; feed well. This is the best
treatment that can be given for this disease. For particulars seepages 13&18.

Fever Balls.

No. 1.— Saltpetre, 2i drachms; tartar emetic, i drachm; flaxseed meal, 1
ounce; camphor, i df achrn; ginger, 2 drachms. Mix, and form into a ball.
Repeat three or four times a day if necessary.

jq-Q. 2.— Tincture aconite, ten drops; tartar emetic, i drachm; saltpetre,
1 drachm; ginger, 2 drachms; linseed meal, 1 ounce. JMix, and form into a
ball. Repeat three or four times a day if necessary.

Diuretic and Tonic Balls.

Copperas, li drachms; ginger, 1 drachm; gentian, 1 drachm; saltpetre, 3
drachms; rosin, i ounce; flaxseed meal, 1 ounce. Mix, and form into a ball.

Diuretic Balls.

No. 1. — Saltpetre, 3 drachms; rosin, 4 drachms; castile soap, 2 drachms;
fenugreek, 3 drachms; flaxseed meal, 1 ounce. Mix, and form into a ball.

jSTo. 2. — Oil of juniper, i drachm; rosin and saltpetre, each, 2 drachms,
camphor, i drachm; castile soap, 1 ounce; flaxseed meal, 1 ounce. Mix, and
form into a ball.

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THIS ENGRAVING ILLUSTRATES THE FOLLY OF A HEAVY MAN RIDING
A COLT HARD ALL DAY. BE MERCIFUL TO YOUR BEAST.

Cordial Bails.
No. 1. — Anise, powdered, \ ounce ; ginger, 1 drachm ; gentian, 1
drachm ; fenugreek, 2 drachms. Mix.

No. 2.— Caraway and ginger, each, 2 drachrns ; anise, gentian and
fenugreek, each, 1 ounce. Mix.

No. 3. — Camphor, 1 drachm; anise, 3 drachms ; tincture of opium, 1
ounce; powdered extract of liquorice, 3 drachms ; flaxseed meal, 1 ounce.
l\Iix.

Astring-ent and Cordial.

No. 1. — Opium, 12 grains ; camphor, \ drachm ; catechu, 1 drachm.
Mix.

No. 2. — Opium, 10 grains ; camphor, 1 drachm ; ginger, 2 drachms ;
castile soap, 2 drachms ; anise, 3 drachms ; liquorice, 2 drachms. Mix.

Alterative and Laxative Balls.

No. 1. — Linseed meal, 1 ounce; aloes, \ ounce; castile soap, jounce.
Mix

No. 2.— Ginger, 1 drachm ; castile soap, 2 drachms; Barbadoes aloes,
pulverized, 6 drachms ; flaxseed meal, 1 ounce. Mix.

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Tonic Ball.
Prof. Flint's Powders is the best Tonic and Blood Purifier known to Us.
See page 95 and leaf between pages 80 and 81, also testimonials psge 71.

Diuretics.
Take of balsam copaiba, 2 ounces ; sweet spirits of nitre, 3 ounces ;
spirits of turpentine, 2 ounces ; oil of juniper, 2 ounces ; tincture of cam-
phor, 2 ounces. Mix ; shake the bottle before pouring the medicine. Dose
for adult horse: Two tablespoonfuls in a pint of milk, repeated every four
to six hours, if necessary. This is a reliable preparation for kidney
difficulties.

Cough Mixtures.

No. 1. — Oil of tar, given as directed for treatment of heaves, is one of
the best remedies for nearly all coughs.

No. 2. — Take of alcohol, 1^ pint ; balsam of fir, 2 ounces. Mix well, anci
add all the tar it will cut. Shake well before using. Dose, from one to two
teaspoonfuls two or three times a day. Flint's Powders are good, see page 95.

Farcy.

Nitrate of potash, 4 ounces; black antimony, 2 ounces; sulphite of soda,
1 ounce; elecampane, 2 ounces. Mix. Dose, one tablespoonfui once or
twice a day. See also page 13.

Nasal Gleet.

No. I. — Aloes, 6 ounces; pulverized nux vomica, 3 drachms; flaxseed
meal, 4 ounces. Make into eight powders, and give one or two each day.

No. 2. — Copperas, 2 ounces ; pulverized gentian, 3 ounces ; elecampane,
I ounce; linseed meal, 3 ounces. Mix, and give from half to one table-
spoonful twice a day. See also page 27.

Cracked Heels.

Tar, 8 ounces; beeswax, 1 ounce; rosin, 1 ounce; alum, 1 ounce; tallow,
1 ounce; sulphate of iron, 1 ounce; carbolic acid, 1 drachm. Mix, and boil
over a slow fire. Skim off the filth, and add 2 ounces of the scrapings of
sweet elder.

Thrush.

No. 1.— Wash the feet well, with castile soap and water, and sprinkle a
small quantity of pulverized blue vitriol in the cleft- then fill up all the
cavities with cotton, press it in so as to keep out all dirt, and repeat as
often as necessary until the cure is complete.

No. 2. — Blue vitriol and copperas, of each 1 ounce; burnt alum, 2
ounces; white vitriol, i ounce. MIy.

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"Water Farcy.
]Sro. 1. — Saltpetre, 2 ounces; copperas, 2 ounces; ginger, 1 ounce; fenu-
greek, 2 ounces; anise, i ounce; gentian, 1 ounce. Mix, and divide into
eight powders; give two or three each day.

No. 2. — Gentian, 1 ounce; ginger, i ounce; anise. 1 ounce; elecampane,
2 ounces; blue vitriol, 1 ounce; flaxseed meal, 2 ounces; saltpetre, 2 ounces.
Mix, and divide into eight powders. Moderate daily exercise and rubbing
the limbs are useful.

Healing Preparations.

No. 1. — Carbolic acid, 1 ounce; soft water, 2 pints. Mix.

No. 2.— White vitriol, 1 oimce; soft water, 2 pints. Mix.

No. 3. — Pulverized camphor, 1 drachm; prepared chalk, 6 drachms;
burnt alum, 4 drachms. Mix. Sprinkle over the sore.

No. 4— Tincture of opium, 1 ounce; tannin, 1 drachm. Mix, and shake
well before using. Excellent for galls of collar, saddle, or in fact for any
purpose requiring a healing astringent.

For Galled Back or Shoulders.

Tincture of arnica, 1 ounce; vinegar, 6 ounces; brandy, 4 ounces; sal
ammoniac, 2 ounces; soft water, 1 pint. Mix, and bathe with it often.

For Unhealthy Ulcers.
Nitric acid, 1 ounce; blue vitriol, 3 ounces; soft water, 15 ounces. Mix.

For Fresh "Wounds.
Copperas, 2 drachms, white vitriol, 3 drachms; gunpowder, 2 drachms;
boiling soft water, 2 quarts. Mix. When cool L is ready for use.

Healing- Mixture.
Cosmoline, 5 ounces; carbolic acid, 1 drachm. Mix. This is one of the
very best of mixtures for any sore, especially for such cases as are inclined
not to heal readily.

To Cure Mange.

Oil tar, 1 ounce; lac sulphur, 1^ ounces; whale oil, 2 ounces. Mix.
Rub a little on the skin wherever the disease appears, and continue, daily,
for a wee'k, and then wash off with castije soaj) and warm water.

Healing Mixtvtre for Cuts.
Balsam copaiba, 2 ounces; tiactaire/Of myrrh, 3 ounces. Mix, This is a
good heading mixture.

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Sore Lips.

The lips become sore frequently at the angles of the mouth, from
bruising with the bit. They can be cured by applying the following
mixture :

Tincture of myrrh, 2 ounces; tincture of aloes, 1 ounce; tincture of
opium, i ounce. Mix, and apply three or four times a day.

For Sore Mouth and Lips.
Borax, 1 ounce; tannin, i ounce; glycerine, 8 ounces. Wix, and apply
two or three times a day, with a swab.

For Sprains, etc.

For particulars, see page 36. Kendall's Spavin Cure is the best prep-
aration for sprains, sore or strained tendons, and swollen muscles.

HJye "Water.

White vitriol and saltpetre, of each 1 scruple; pure soft water, 8 ounces.
Mix. This should be applied to the inflamed lids three or four times a day,
and if the inflammation does not lessen in one or two days, it may be
injected directly into the eye.

The writer has used this for his own eyes, reduced half with water, and
dropped directly into the eye, which would cause the eye to smart consider-
ably for about five minutes, when he would bathe the eye with cold water
for a few minutes, and, by repeating this three or four times a day, it has
given the very best of satisfaction.

It does nicely, many times, to just close the eye and bathe the outside
freely.

For Poll Evil, Fistula, or any Indolent Ulc3r.

Fill the sore to the bottom with ashes from burnt corn cobs; repeat two
or three times, if necessary, or until a cure is effected.

For Colic.

Take of gum mjrrrh, 1 ounce ; gum camphor, 1 ounce ; powdered gum
guaiac, 1 ounce ; cayenne, 1 ounce ; sassafras bark, powdered, 1 ounce ; spirits
turpentine, 1 ounce; oil origanum. ^ ounce; oil hemlock, jounce; pulver-
ized opium, i ounce; strongest alcohol, 2 quarts. Mix all together, shake
often for eight or ten days, and filter or strain through flannel. Dose,
from one to three tablespoonfuls, according to the severity of the case; give
in a pint of milk.

We never have known the above remed}^ to fail of giving relief when
given for colic, in horses. In many cases where it has been used it has

MISCELLANEOUS RECEIPTS. f)9

given immediate relief, even lliougli various other remedies had failed oi
giving any relief.

It makes one of the very best of Pain Killers for family use, and we
advise all to keep it on hand. For particulars, see page 8.

For Flesh Wounds.

To prevent inflammation or tendency to sloughing or mortification, take
1 pound saltpetre, 2 gallons Avater, 3 pints proof spirits; mix, and inject
into the wound with a syringe three times a day until it heals. In treating
deep wounds or those of a dangerous character, especially if the animal is
inclined to be fat, give a dose of physic, feed bran, carrots, etc. No grain
should be fed, and grass is more desirable than hay. If grass is fed freely,
physic is not necessary. For particulars, see sores, page 32.

For Bemoving- Enlargements, etc.

Kendall's Spavin Cure is the best remedy for removing unnatural en-
largements of whatever nature. Read proof on pages 65-66-67 -6S-69 6l 70,
also see circular between pages 64 and 65.

For Bruises, Cuts, etc., on Horse or Man.

Tincture arnica, 1 ounce; sassafras oil, i ounce; laudanum, 1 ounce.
Mix. Shake w^ell before using. Bandage lightly, and keep wet with the
mixture.

Quarter Crack.

The best way to cure quarter crack is to open the heel on that side be-
tween bar and frog, cutting down pretty well, (not suliicient to cause bleed-
ing), until the quarter will give freely; then put on a shoe that will expand
the heel. It is also necessary in this case that the inner heel should be
opened or spread, as the hoof is simply too small for the foot ; if this is prop-
erly done, the point is directly reached. Some recommend, in addition t(;
this, burning, with a hot iron, a crease across at the upper edge of hoof. If
this is done properly, the hoof will not split any more. The hoof may now
be more rapidly grown if desired. Opening the foot and the shoe is the
point of success.

Quittor.

Corrosive sublimate, i ounce; muriatic acid, 20 drops; soft water, 2
ounces. Mix the last two and shake w^ell, then add the first.

Inject a little with a glass syringe once or twice, being careful to inject
to the bottom. Warm poultices, used for several days, generally work
well. For particulars, see page 27.

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To Grow Hair.

Mix sweet oil, 1 pint; sulphur, 3 ounces. Shake well, and rub into the
dock twice a week.

For Worms.

Calomel,! drachm; tartar emetic, i drachm ; linseed meal, 1 ounce; fenu-
greek, 1 ounce. Mix, and give in feed at night ; repeat the dose two oi
three times, and follow with one and a half pints of raw linseed oil, about
six hours after the last powder has been given.

Grease Heel.

Chloride of zinc, i i-2 drachms; water, lo ounces ; glycerine, Sounces.
Mix. If there is much discharge, apply a poultice for several hours, followei,!
by application of the above, after cleansing well with soft water and castile
soap. The following powders should be given at the same time in the fetti.
eveiy night, for a week or two : Bicarbonate of soda, i ounce; arsenic, i
drachm; iodide of iron, i-2 ounce; fenugreek, 2 ounces; ginger, 2 ounces;
elecampane, i ounce. Mix thoroughly, and divide into twelve powders.
See also pages 19 and 51.

For Distemper.

Hops, 2 ounces; carbolic acid, 30 drops : boiling water, 2 gallons. Mix
the hops and carbolic acid with the boiling water, and compel the animal to
inhale the steam for fifteen or twenty minutes at a time; repeat three
times a day. Apply a strong mustard paste to the throat, and place a warm
poultice over the paste. Feed warm mashes and boiled vegetables; keep
the stable com.fortably warm and the air pure. Give the following pow-
ders once a day: Powdered Peruvian bark, 2 ounces; powdered gentian, i
ounce; powdered copperas, i ounce. Mix, and divide into eight powders.

For particulars and other treatment, see page 13.

Thrush.

Take white vitriol, 2 ounces; soft water, 8 ounces. Mix, and apply to
the diseased surface, after the ragged parts have been cut away and thoi
oughly cleansed. Pack the cavities with cotton batting, so as to keep out
all dirt. See also page 56.

For Ringworm.

Apply mercurial ointment three or four times a week

For Brittle and Contracted Hoofs.

Take of castor oil, Barbadoes tar and soft soap, equal parts of each;
meit all together and stir while cooling, and apply a little to the hoof three or
four times a week.

TO UUKSE UWxNKKS.

(;i

TO HOESE OWNERS.

All must admit that Tre live in an age of improvements, and that we enjoy
what our forefathers never even dreamed of — in the fast and easy transporta-
tion, rapid communication from continent to continent, and the use of the
hundreds of labor-saving machines; and yet before or even when. these great
discoveries were first made known to the public, how many there were (like
Thomas) who doubted But ' ' time will prove all things, " and so it has been
with all these inventions which vvere once said to be impossibilities, for now
we know them to be of the great value which their originators claimed for
them.

In the year 1875 it was claimed by the publisher of this book, that he
had discovered a combination of remedies which would cure bone spavins
and remove the enlargement without blistering or causing any sore. Like

02 TO HORSE OWXERS.

all other discoveries, this too was scouted at when first announced to the
public, as miglit naturally have been expected, by those who knew most
about the usual manner of treating this difficulty, and by those who had
tried faithfully everything they could learn of ever being used, but only
meeting with disappointment with each trial of the vaunted remedy This
class (being horsemen) knew that a bone spavin made an otherwise valuable
horse of but little worth, for they knew how frequently the most powerful
remedies had been used, such as blisters, which were go powerful as to de-
stroy the tissues, and also the red hot iron, which was worse, if possible, and
still the horse left as bad or uorse than before anything had been used —
therefore, after so many disappointments of this kind, it would be very
natural for men having such an experience, to say it was impossible to cure
a spavin, and remove the bunch, and to do it ^ith a remedy so mild as not
to blister. But, as we said before, "time will prove all things," and so it
has been with Kendall's Spavin Cure, and those who were the first to con-
demn it are now the loudest in its praise; (I mean those who were horsemen,
and who knew that if a cure was to be accomplished, there was something
needed more than to simply make a few hasty and perhaps faulty applica-
tions and therefore would use the Spavin Cure with patience according to
directions).

The time was, in the practice of medicine, when about every patient
was subjected to the rash treatment of bleeding and salivation from the in-
discriminate use of calomel, but time has proved these plans of treatment to
be more fruitful of damage than otherwise, so they have become among the
things of the past. A similar reform is now taking place in the treatment of
the horse, the most useful animal ever created; and horsemen are begin-
ning to learn that a horse needs more humane treatment than he has received
in the past, and the cases are very rare which require the powerful remedies
that have been in use; and I think we can safely say that those cases never
occur which require the use of the red hot iron, and the men are very few that
would allow this barbarous treatment to be practiced upon their own person ;
and -vve ask why any man should allow this noble animal to be subjected to
any treatment that he w^ould not submit to upon his own person? Could
the horse, like Balaam's animal, be for a moment endowed with the power
of speech, he would say — do not subject me to any« treatment which j'ou
consider too cruel for yourself; for we, like j'ou, have been created with
nerves of sensibility, so that pain is as hard- for us-to endure as for you, and
therefore we ask that jtju will always have mercy upon us (as a merciful
man should do), and consider, before treating us, (or neglecting to do so),
whether it is doing just as you would be done by.

It might be of interest to some, for us to state here how Kendall's Spavin
Cure happened to be discovered.

to horse owners. 63

Our Experience with Bone Spavin.

The proprietor having a horse which he prized, for her goodness and
geulleness, and which in some way became spavined, was under the neces-
sity of resorting to the popular remedies in use at that time, for the treat-
ment of the spavin ; after a few weeks' treatment the outlook seemed to be
rather discouraging; but as we had had experience as a practicing physician,
and also the benetit of all the receipts which were said to be cures — having
been in the drug business for several years, and filled the receipts from the
various horsemen in our vicinity — we felt that our experience had been such
that we were certainly equal to the task, if any one was, and so we con-
tinued, first with this liniment, and then with the other, until we had gone
through with the whole catalogue of the (so called) " sure cures.'" We took
counsel of the various horsemen who were quite sure their receipts would be
just the thing, but when informed that all this and more too had been used
we received but little consolation. As the horse was no better, and several
weeks had elapsed since we began the treatment, our faith in the power of
any remedy to even stop the lameness (to say nothing of removing the enlarge-
ment) was very weak ; but still we were finally persuaded that a thorough
use of blisters might cure, and it was our only hope, and we therefore pro-
ceeded to torment the poor animal by appljing blisters about every two
weeks, and giving the horse rest, until six blisters had been applied, during
which time the horse was allowed to remain (nearly all summer) in the barn;
and as the horse was no better, that we could perceive, it will be easy for
any one to imagine our feelings in regard to the power of any remedy to
cure bone spavin, and then we, like many others, were very positive in our
opinion that there was nothing which would cure a bone spavin, and finally
stopped all treatment.

About six weeks after we had stopped all treatment, we decided to give
the case another trial, for it seemed to us thr t there was something that would
effect a cure if we could only get the right thing. Instead of using the
remedies which everybody said were sure cures, we began to reason about
the matter, and it occurred to us that if we had been treating a human
being we should have treated him in a more humane manner, and therefore
we compounded a mixture which was entirely different from anything we
had ever heard of being used, and again began to treat the horse, and, to our
great surprise, in a short time (about two weeks) the lameness all subsided;
and, by continuing the treatment awhile after the lameness had subsided, the
enlargement was entirely removed. I could hardly realize what a wonder-
ful cure had finally been accomplished, but after preparing the same mix-
ture for a great many cases, without hearing of its failing to cure in a single
case, I was then fully satisfied of the grent icorth of this remedy to horse own-
ers, and began to put it up for the public ; and since that time the cures

64 TO HORSE OWNERS.

which it has effected have been almost innumerable, and now those who are
most capable of judging of its merits pronounce it to be the best remedy for
the purposes for which it is prepared that they have ever known to be
used.

We therefore oflFer the Kendall's Spavin Cure to the public with perfect
confidence believing that in nearly if not every case in which a man might
reasonably expect a cure, if he uses the Spavin Cure thoroughly and pa-
tiently, according to the directions, he will effect a cure By the words
"thoroughly and patiently" used above we mean to use as directed on
bottle, by rubbing down to the skin well, as what remains on the hair has
no effect, and by applying over the size of the whole of the enlargement;
but there is no good reason for applying all over the leg because one de-
sires to be thorough and cover the whole of the bunch, for what is applied
to the space outside of the enlargment is only wasted — but we frequently
find parties who apply it almost indiscriminately to the whole of the hock
joint, when a space the size of a cent, perhaps, would be all that was neces-
sary, and therefore the bottle of Spavin Cure is used, or rather wasted, in a
very few days, and the man finds his horse no better, and drops the use
of the Cure, and perhaps condemns it, when he has not given it the slight-
est fair chance to effect a cure. By the word "patiently" we would be
understood to mean, to apply it according to directions, for a long time,
if necessary, for no difficulty of so serious a nature as spavin is, can be
removed by any remedy in only a few days; and if any man would stop to
consider he might know that it would be impossible. We might occupy
many pages in relating our experience and in giving full directions for the
use of Kendall's Spavin Cure, but will not add more here except to say,
use good common sense in applying it, and in the use of the horse.

Please look over the testimonials found on pages 65 to 70 inclusive, all
of which are from horse owners. Also see treatment given for bone spavin
and ring bone, pages 33 to 36 inclusive and 29.

On Human Flesh

Although Kendall's Spavin Cure was not originally designed to be used
on human flesh, yet it has been found to give good satisfaction in thousands
of cases, and now we have no hesitancy in stating that it is one of the best
liniments for external use on human flesh of which we have any knowledge
It can be used full strength, with perfect safety,for rheumatism or any lame-
ness requiring a Hniment; also, for bruises, cuts, corns, frost-bites, burns,
sprains, or for any purpose for which an external Imiment is used. See
testimonials pages 73, 74 and 90.

WE GUARANTEE

Prof. Flint's Horse and Cattle

Renovating Pow^ders

ABSOLUTELY PURE

The superiority of Prof. Flint's Horse and Cattle Renovating Powders

over manv "^ ~I^^^^ other Condition

absolute purity of
their composition,
a great many of the
powders are cheap
Simply bec-ause
they are sold to
gist is less than the

many
Powders is in the
the drugs used in-
How do we know
different named
adulterations?
the price at which
the retail Drug-

actual cost of the crude material which form the ingredients of Prof Flint's
Horse and Cattle Renovating Powders. We can buy drugs as cheap as any
other firm in the United States, and the only difference there possibly can be
in cost between Prof. Flint's Powders and the cheap Condition Powders, with
which the market is flooded at the present time, is in the quality of the drugs
used. We can make as cheap a Condition powder as any party, but it can
only be done as many do it, adulterate every ingredient used. This we will
not do. We believe the wisdom of the course we are persuing in keeping
upon the market an absolutely pure Condition powder which can be relied upon
to do all that is claimed for it, will in time be acknowledged. No preparation
made can be adulterated so easily, and counterfeit the genuine so closely as
Condition powders. "The proof of the pudding is in the eating" and we un-
hesitatingly place Prof. Flint s Horse and cattle Renovating Powders before
the American people, and unqualifiedly claim for them an absolutely pure
Condition powder which we can recommend as a Blood Purifier also for
the following ailments:

HEAVES,

COUGHS,

PINK-EYE,

HIDE-BOUND,

ROUGH-COAT,

EPIZOOTIC,

AS A BLOOD PURIFIER: — They have no superior within our knowledge
for any disease or bad condition caused by impure blood. Every man knows
or should know, that thousands of horses are sick or in Bad Condition simply
because their blood is impure, which is caused by the horse being kept in the
barn where the atmosphere is ioul, or being improperly fed. We have no hesi-
tancy in saying that Prof Flint's Renovating Powders is the best remedy
known to us for any ill condition or sickness caused by impure blood, which
shows itself by the Korse looking poor, being dull, coat being rough and not
looking thrifty, hide bound, and legs swelling. We never knew it to fail in
any case of ill condition as described above. Aflter one or two pounds have
been given to a horse according to directions, he should show very satisfactory
improvement.

FOR COUGHS: — We have found it a satisfactory remedy for every kind
of cough, whether of short duration or of long standing; if given until one
to three pounds have been used for cases of long standing.
EPIZOOTIC: — This disease prevails at times to an alarming extent. The
virtues of these powders have been tested in a great many cases and we believe
the remedy most valuable. . It usually affords relief in a few days, and no
case, so far as wc know, has been afflicted with the bad after effects which
usually follow those treated with some remedies, or left to themselves without
treatment.

PINK-EYE: — This disease which is similar in its nature to epizootic, in the
extent to which it prevails at times, is best tieated with these powders.
HEAVES: — Many parties who have used Prof. Flint's Renovating Powders
for heaves, say that they will do all that is claimed for them.

We can send these powders by mail, postage prepaii, for 50 cents for a
large package weighing about one pound, or five packages for |2.25.

SINGLE POUND PACKAGE. 50 GTS., FIVE 1 POUND PACKAGES, $2.25

If your local Druggist or Dealer does not keep them, address orders to

DR. B. J. KENDALL COMPANY,

MANUFACTURERS,

Enosburg Falls, Vt., U. S. A.

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LETTERS FROM OUR PATRONS 65

KENDALL S SPAVIN CURE
What some of our patrons say of it.

Any one doubting the genuiness of any of the following recommenda-
tions is earnestly requested to correspond with the parties themselves, and
if a two cent stamp is enclosed it should bring a reply.

USED THIRTY YEARS, AND SAYS HE POSTIVELY KNOWS IT
WILL DO ALL THAT IS CLAIMED.

Maryville, Mo., Dec i8, 1912
DR. B. J. KENDALL CO. Enosburg Falls. Vt — Dear Sirs: I have used Kendall's
Spavin Cure for over thirty years, and positively know it will do all that you claim. I have
used it for broken bones, sprains and rheumatism on myself, and keep it constantly on
hand for my horses. Would not be without it.

R No 2 H 65 Very truly yours, J. P. HERYFORD.

USED THIRTY YEARS, AND HE THINKS NOTHING EQUAL TO
IT FOR LAMENESS IN HORSES.

Silverton, Colo., Dec 16, 1912
DR. B. J. KENDALL CO., Enosburg Falls, Vt.— Gentlemen: Since using your remedy
for 30 years, I must say that I think there is nothing equal to KENDALL'S SPAVIN
CURE when it comes to doctoring for lameness in horses.

Very truly yours, W. N. SISSON.

THIS MAN SAYS— HAVE USED FOUR YEARS AND FIND IT A SAFE
AND SPEEDY CURE.

New Weston, Ohio, Feb. 18, 1913.
DR. B. J. KENDALL CO., Enosburg Falls, Vt. — Dear Sirs: I have been using your
Spavin Cure for four years, and find it a safe and speedy cure.

Yours truly, WM. WHITTINGTON.

THIS MAN THINKS KENDALL'S "ALMOST MARVELOUS. '

Albany, Prince Edward Island.

Feb. 25, 1911.
DR. B. J. KENDALL CO., Enosburg Falls, Vt. — ^Dear Sirs: I have used your Spavto
Cure for horses and think it almost marvelous.

Yours truly, MARTIN McINNIS.

CONSTANT USER OF KENDALLS FOR ELEVEN YEARS— GREAT
FAITH IN IT.

El Varadero, Cateacao CMrlte.
Phillipines, March 1, 1913.
DR. B. J. KENDALL CO., Enosburg Falls, Vt-— Dear Sirs: Since July, 1902, I haw
been a constant user of your Kendall's Spavin Cure, and I have great faith in it. I myself
am never without it in my stables. Yours sincerely,

CHAS. H. W. AITKEN
Supt. Engineer.

USED TWELVE YEARS— SAYS FINDS IT BEST LINIMENT WITHIN
HIS EXPERIENCE.

Mt. Olive, Miss., R. F. D. N©. i.
Oct. S. 19X«.
DR. B. J. KENDALL CO., Enosburg Falls, Vt. — Gentlemen: I have been using Ken-
dall's Spavin Cure for twelve years, and find to to be the best liniment within my exper-
ience. Yours truly. J. H. LEE.

USED SEVERAL YEARS— SAYS NEVER FAILED IN TIME OF NEED.

Las Cruses N. Mex. Oct. 15, 191J.
DR. B. J. KENDALL CO., Enosburg Falls, Vt. — Gentlemen: Enclosed please find
stamps for which send me your book TREATISE ON THE HORSE. I have used your
Spavin Cure for several years and it has never failed me in time of need.

66 LETTERS FROM OUR PATRONS

THINKS KENDALL'S O. K. FOR WHAT IS CLAIMED FOR IT.

lone, CaUf.. Dec. 16. 1912.
DR, B. J. KENDALL CO., Enosburg Falls, Vt, — Dear Sirs: I think that your Spavin
Cure Is O. K. for what you claim for it.

Yours truly. C. R. ASHTON.

USED KENDALL'S WITH GOOD RESULTS ON LONG STANDING CASES.

Vandyne, Alta., Can.,
Feb. 3, 1913.
DR. B. J. KENDALL CO., Enosburg Falls, Vt.^<5entlemen: Enclosed find stamp for
which I desire a copy of your TREATISE ON THE HORSE AND HIS DISEASES. I
have used your Spavin Cure with good results on cases of long standing swelling and lame-
ness. I always keep a bottle on hand, and find it never fails in cases of recent sprains.
Yours truly. F. W. Phillips.

USED TWENTY YEARS— HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.

New Britain.Conn., Feb. 3, 1913.
DR. B. J. KENDALL CO., Enosburg Falls, Vt. — Gentlemen: We wish to inform you
that we have used your remedies quite extensively for over twenty years, besides highly
recommending them to others who found them satisfactory.

Very truly, J. E. AVERY & SON.

USED TWENTY YEARS— FINDS SATISFACTORY IN EVERY RESPECT.

Helland, Sask., Can.. Feb. 4, 1913.
DR. B. J. KENDALL CO., Enosburg Falls, Vt.— Dear Sirs: I have been a patron of
your remedies for twenty years, and find them satisfactory in every respect.

Sincerely yours, JAS. FELKER.

CURES RINGBONE AND SPAVIN.

Rossduff, Sask., Canada.,

March 23, 1913.
DR. B, J. KENDALL CO., Enosburg Falls, Vt.— Dear Sirs: I am using your Spavin
Cure, and my horse is doing fine. I cured a ringbone and a spavin in a short time. I like
t fine. Yours truly. G. A. DUNN.

SAYS, -CONSTANT USER" OF KENDALLS— AND CAN FIND NO BETTER
MEDICINE OF ITS KIND FOR HORSES.

Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, Can.,
Jan. 24, 1913.
DR. B. J. KENDALL CO., Enosburg Falls, Vt.— Gentlemen: Please send me your book
TREATISE ON THE HORSE, as I cannot get one in the above town. I have been a
constant user of Spavin Cure, and can find no better medicine of its kmd for horses.

Yours truly, E. C. AUBUSSON.

CURES SPLINT— SAYS WILL DO ALL THAT IS CLAIMED.

Rogersville, Ala., Jan. 24, 1913.
DR. B. J. KENDALL CO., Enosburg Falls, Vt.— Gentlemen: I ordered a dollar bottle
of your Spavin Cure several years ago to use for a splint, and before it was half gone the
splint was gone, and no sign can be seen where it was. The mule's leg is as smooth as the
other. It beats anything I ever tried. I know that it will do just what you claim it will.
I remain as ever. Your friend, T. P. KING.

FINDS ALL THAT IS RECOMMENDED— HIGHLY PLEASED WITH RESULTS.

Deep Water, W. Va., Feb. 15, 1913.
DR. B. J. KENDALL CO., Enosburg Falls, Vt.— Gentlemen: Please send me your
book TREATISE ON THE HORSE. I have used several bottles of your Spavin Cure
and find it to be all that it is recommended to be. I am highly pleased with the success
have had with its use. Wishing you success, I remain.

Yours truly, B. G. RADFORD.

REMOVES BIG LUMP FROM SIDE OF MULE.

Germantown, Md., Feb. 12, 1913.
DR. B. J. KENDALL CO., Enosburg Falls, Vt.— Dear Sirs: I have used a bottle of
your Spavin Cure on a mule and removed a big lump from his side caused by the traces
rubbing his side. This lump formed about as big as a half gallon bucket. I will never be
without a bottle of this medicine in my stable. Please send me a book TREATISE ON
THE, HORSE AND HIS DISEASES.

Yours respectfuUy, J. L. WHIPPS.

LETTERS FROM OUR PATRONS 67

VETERINARY ENDORSES KENDALL'S— SAYS WILL DO ALL THAT
IS CLAIMED.

Sand-Patch, Pa., Route No. 2,
March 19. 1913.
DR. B. J. KENDALL CO., Enosburg Falls, Vt. — Dear Sirs: I am devoting a good part
of my time in the study and practice of veterinary, and through experience find your reme-
dies an excellent standby. They do as they are claimed and more, and I always recommend
your remedies to my people, not because your name is similar, but because o: the merits
of your medicine.

Yours very truly, JNO. L. KENDALL.

USED THREE YEARS— CURES THOROUGHPIN.

St. Anne, 111., R. F. D. No. 3.
March 8, 1913.
DR. B. J. KENDALL CO., Enosburg Falls, Vt.— Dear Sirs: I have been using Kendall's
Spavin Cure for three years and like it very well. We had a black mare last summer that
had a thoroughpin,, and I kept following your directions for using Spavin Cure for about
three months, and we sold the mare for 1280.00. It never showed that she had ever had
•nything of the kind. Truly yours, GEORGE WAMBA.

KENDALLS HAS NEVER FAILED THIS MAN.

Napoleon, N. Dak., April 3, 1913.
DR. B. J. KENDALL CO., Enosburg FaUs, Vt.— Gentlemen : Please send me a copy of
your TREATISE ON THE HORSE. I have been using your Spavin Cure for years for
•pavin, and would not be without it because it never failed me.

Yours truly, JOHN M. SPERLE.

USED OUR REMEDY FOR YEARS— THINKS OUR TREATISE WORTH 125.00.

HyattsviUe, Md.. April 2, 1913.
DR. B. J. KENDALL CO., Enosburg Falls, Vt.— Dear Sirs: Having for years used your
valuable Uniment Spavin Cure, I would request that you have the kindness to send me
your TREATISE ON THE HORSE. My old book is completely worn out after years ot
usage. I paid 25c for it and it is well worth that many dollars.

Yours truly, A. W. ANDERSON.

FINDS KENDALLS REMEDIES OF GREAT VALUE.

Paterson, N. J., R. F, D. No. 1.
March 17. 1913.
DR. B. J. KENDALL CO.,Enosburg Falls, Vt. Gentlemen: Both my father and my
self have always found your book as well as remedies of great value in keeping horses In
condition. Thanking you for the benefit derived from their use, I am.

Yours truly. GEO. E. WELLER.

USED TEN YEARS— FINDS JUST AS RECOMMENDED.

Bear Lake, Mich., R. No. 1, Box 64.
Jan. 10, 1913.
DR. B. J. KENDALL CO., Enosburg Falls, Vt.— Gentlemen: I have used your medi-
cine for the past ten years, and find it just as it is recommended.

Very truly yours. MR. HERBERT ORORKE.

KENDALL'S TREATISE ON THE HORSE GIVES MORE SATISFACTION
TO THIS MAN THAN A $5.00 VETERINARY BOOK.

Fraser Mills, B. C.Can., Feb. 20, 1912.

DR. B. J. KENDALL CO., Enosburg Falls, Vt. — Gentlemen: Would you kindly send
me one of your horse books. I have a Veterinary book which I paid $5.30 for, but I believe
I can get more satisfaction out of Kendall's Treatise on the Horse.

I have charge of a bunch of horses here and I use KENDALL'S SPAVIN CURE with
good results in many different cases. I gave the book you sent me before to another bam
boss.

Hoping to hear from you soon, I am. Yours truly, JAMES M. THOMPSON.

THIS MAN SAYS— "WORKED WONDERS ON THOROUGHPIN."

Wesc Fork, Indiana.
DR. B. J. KENDALL CO., Enosburg Falls, Vt. — Gentlemen: Enclosed herewith please
find stamps for which send me a copy of your Treatise on the Horse and his diseases.
I have tried your KENDALL'S SPAVIN CURE for Thoroughpin, and it worked wonders.
It is all you claim.

RespectfuUy yours, EMORY BROWN.

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CURES SPLINTS.

Nevada, Iowa, March 4. 1912.
DR. B. J. KENDALL CO., Enosburg Falls, Vt.— Gentlemen: Please send me your
Treatise on the Horse. I have used KENDALL'S SPAVIN CURE on a splint with great
success. Yours respectfully, C. B. CARTER.

HAS NEVER KNOWN KENDALLS TO FAIL.

New Alexandria, Ohio, Sept. 3, 1912.
DR. B. J^. KENDALL CO., Enosburg Falls, Vt. — Gentlemen: Having used your SPA-
VIN CURii, on different horses and never knowing it to fail, I take the liberty to ask you
for a free book. The Treatise on the Horse. It seems I cannot get it here. Kindly oblige.

Yours truly, E. W. PHIPPS.

CURED RHEUMATISM OF TWO YEAR S STANDING.

Indianapolis, Ind., March 25, 1912.

DR. B. J. KENDALL CO., Enosburg Falls, Vt.— Gentlemen: Please send me a copy
of your Treatise on the Horse. Several of the leading druggists here have none for dis-
tributing. I am using your SPAVIN CURE on a mare for what seems to be a sprain of
the Patella or stiff joint. Hope the book will help me to locate the real trouble. One
bottle of the Human Flesh strength cured me of Rheumatism of two years' standing in
both arms, and after treatment from several doctors.

R. F. D. No. 19. Respectfully yours, W. T. HOWARD.

USED TEN YEARI&— SAYS "FIND IT THE BEST ON THE MARKET."

Homick, Iowa, R. F. D. No. 2.

April 13. 1912.
DR. B. J. KENDALL CO., Enosburg Falls, Vt. — Gentlemen: I have been a user of your
SPAVIN CURE for ten years, and find it the best on the market today. Will you please
send me a copy of your Treatise on th€ Horse in the EngUsh and German language.

Very truly yours, NIC. PETERSON.

FINDS KENDALL S AS CLAIMED— SAFE AND RELIABLE.

Chippewa Falls. Wis., April 18, 1912.
DR. B. J. KENDALL CO., Enosburg Falls. Vt. — Gentlemen: I have been a user of your
SPAVIN CURE and find it just what you say. I always find it safe and reliable. Would
be pleased if you fvould mail me a copy of your Treatise on the Horse.

Yours truly. ALWIN EMERSON.

USED THREE YEARS— FOUND SAFE AND RELIABLE.

Donald, W. Va.. April 3rd. 1912.
DR. B. J. KENDALL CO., Enosburg Falls, Vt.— Gentlemen: Will you please mail
to my address a copy of your Treatise on the Horse. I have been using your remedies
for about three years, and found them safe and reliable.

Yours truly, J. W. STOWERS.

FINDS KENDALLS A SAFE CURE.

Aberfoyle, Ont., May 15, 1912.
DR. B. J. KENDALL CO., Enosburg Falls, Vt.— Gentlemen: Enclosed find two cent
stamp for which please send me a copy of your Treatise on the Hotsc. I have used KEN-
DALL'S SPAVIN CURE and find it a safe cure.

Yours truly, JOHN McKAY.

CURES FELON WHEN USED IN TIME.

Pearce. Arizona, April 17, 1912.
DR. B. J. KENDALL CO., Enosburg Falls, Vt. — Gentlemen: Please forward me your
Treatise on the Horse. I have used your SPAVIN CURE for years, and I would guar-
antee it to knock any case of felon if used in time.

Respectfully yours. W. H. BOOTS

NEVER FAILED THIS MAN— CURES SPAVIN AND MAKES $135.00
PROFIT.

Niagara, N. Dak., R. F. D. No. 2.
March 28, 1913.
DR. B. J. KENDALL CO., Enosburg Falls. \'t.— Dear Sirs: I have used a lot of your
Spavin Cure and not one case has ever failed. I bought one horse tliat had a Spavin for
115.00 I sent for some of your -Spavin Cure. I cured him and sold him for 1150.00.
I call that f0«4 vtoSA. Respectfully. BENNIE BERG

LETTERS FROM OUR PATRONS 69

THINKS FLINT'S CONDITION POWDERS ALL THAT IS CLAIMED.

419H Milam St., Houston, Texas,
March 24, 1913.
DR. B. J. KENDALL CO., Enosburg Falls, Vt.— Gentlemen : Enclosed you will find
2c In stamps for your valuable book TREATISE ON THE HORSE. I have used your
Condition Powders, and find tiiem all you claim for them.

Yours truly, CHAS. A. JACKSON.

Physician and SurgesMS.

USED 30 YEARS AND FINDS JUST AS RECOMMENDED.

Coeur d' Alene, Idaho, Box 826,
April 21, 1913.
DR. B. J. KENDALL CO., Enosburg Falls, Vt.— Gentlemen : Please mail me a copy of
your TREATISE ON THE HORSE. I have been using your Spavin Cure for thirty
years and find it to be just as you recommend.

Yours truly. H. C. TAYLOR.

USED KENDALLS 25 YEARS WITH GOOD RESULTS.

Weippe, Idaho, Box 25,
Jan. 28, 1913.
DR. B. J. KENDALL CO., Enosburg Falls, Vt. — Dear Friends: I have received twenty-
five years of grand results from the use of your Spavin Cure, and I thought I would sub-
scribe to this fact. My address after March 17th will be 24 Littell Avenue, Buffalo, New
New York. Yours truly, ANDREW PETERSON.

USED KENDALL'S GOOD MANY YEARS— ALWAYS WITH GOOD SUCCESS.

Miibury, Mass., Feb. 7. 1913.
DR. B. J. KENDALL CO., Enosburg Falls, Vt.— Dear Sirs: I have been using your
Spavin Cure for a good many years, and have always had good success with it.

H. W. Carter Stock Farm. Yours truly, NELSON T. GRAVEL.

USED FOUR YEARS— ONLY CURE HE HAS FOUND FOR BONY GROWTHS.

No. 1 Mason St., Northcote,
Victoria, Australia, April 12, 1913.
DR. B. J. KENDALL CO., Enosburg Falls. Vt, U. S. A.— Dear Sirs: I saw one of your
books the other day, "A TREATISE ON THE HORSE AND HIS DISEASES." I would
like you to send me one along to the above address, I have used your Kendall's Spavin
Cure for the last three years and can honestly say that it is the only cure I have found for
bony growths on horses. I bought a 4 year old mare of a man, she was so lame that she
was useless for work through a spavin. I treated her for two months with Kendall's Spavin
Cure, and put her right back to work and now she has been working twelve months with
out a s i gn of lameness. Yours very truly, E. WYNNE.

USED ON BONE SPAVIN— SAYS CANNOT BE WITHOUT IT NOW.

Bristol Center, N. Y. R. No. 1.
Feb. 24, 1913.
DR. B. J. KENDALL CO., Enosburg Falls, Vt. — Dear Sirs: Please send me a copy of
your TREATISE ON THE HORSE. I have been using your Spavin Cure for Bog Spavin
and would not be without it now. Yours truly, FRANK W. ROWLEY.

KNOWN AND USED KENDALL'S 15 YEARS AND FINDS O. K.

Harpers Ferry, Iowa, R. No. 2.
Jan. 29,
DR. B. J. KENDALL CO., Enosburg Falls, Vt. — Gentlemen: I have known your reme-
dies for the past 15 years, and found them all O. K. for the things recommended.

Very truly yours, JOHN F. BEUTLER.

USED 10 YEARS. BEST EVER HAD.

New Glarus, Wis. April 29, 1913.
DR. B. J. KENDALL CO., Enosburg Falls, Vt.— Gentlemen: Enclosed find 2c in stamp
for which kindly send us a copy of your TREATISE ON THE HORSE AND HIS DIS-
EASES. We have used Kendall's Spavin Cure for 10 years and is the best we ever had.
Youri truly. E. H. DUERST.

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USED FIVE YEARS. FINDS ALL RIGHT.

Cambria. Wis. R. F. D. No. 2.
April 29, 1913.
DR. B. J. KENDALL CO.. Enosburg Falls, Vt.— Dear Sirs: Please send me your TREA-
TISE ON THE HORSE. I have used your medicine for five years and find it all right.
Yours truly, L. H. MILLER.

SAYS, "NEVER FAILS."

Pueblo, Colorado. April 30, 1913.

DR. B. J. KENDALL CO., Enosburg Falls, Vt. — Gentlemen: I have been using your
Spavin Cure for years and find it O. K. because it never fails. I would like your free TREA-
TISE, horse book, and I would like to know the best stimulant for trotting horses and how
to make it. Very truly, JOHN SMITH.

201 West Northern St.

USED 5 YEARS. ALWAYS FOUND GOOD.

Rural Home, Va., April 15, 1913.
DR. B. J. KENDALL CO., Enosburg Falls, Vt.— Dear Sirs: Please send me a copy of
your TREATISE ON THE HORSE. I have used your Kendall's Spavin Cure for five
years and always found it good. Yours truly, REECE P. JONES.

J GENERATIONS USING KENDALL'S.

Route 1, Box No. 48, West Olive, Mich.
May 1, 1913.
DR. B. J. KENDALL CO., Enosburg Falls, Vt. — Dear Sirs: Please send me a copy oi
your book, "TREATISE ON THE HORSE." We have used Kendall's Spavin Cure for
years. My grandfather, my father, and myself have used it.

Yours truly, RALPH D. SMITH.

USi:U FOR YEARS. FINDS JUST WHAT WE SAY.

Pocahontas, Alta. Canada.
May 8, 1913.
DR. B. J. KENDALL CO., Enosburg Falls. Vt. — Dear Sirs: I have been a user of your
Spavin Cure for years and find just what you say. Would be pleased if you would
mail me a copy of your TREATISE ON THE HORSE AND HIS DISEASES.

Yours truly, DAVID GAUVIN.

REMOVES ENLARGEMENTS OF ABOUT TWO YEARS STANDING.

Hinton, Va., May 17, 1913.
DR. B. J. KENDALL CO., Encsburg Falls, Vt.— Gentlemen: I had a nice mare 10
years old. A lump came at the knee rather in front, on front leg about the size of half
an egg, and then one came just above the knee on the leader about the same size. I con-
suked three veterinaries, one said he could take it off but his blister did not do it any good;
the other two advised me to let it go. It did net lame her. I read about your Spavin Cure
and got to using it. The bunches began to go down. I used IH bottles and it is all gone.
It was on there something like ;:wo years still getting larger. My friends that saw it be-
fore I used "he Spavin Cure were su prised to see it gone. It's worth $50.00 to me. The
mare I know will bring fifty dollars more. You can use this testifnonial if you wish to.
Please send me a copy of you TREATISE ON THE HORSE.

Yours truly, CHAS. E. RITCHIE.

THIS MAN THINKS KENDALL'S BEST ON THE MARKET.

Marengo, Sask. Canada. Box 23.

May 9, 1913.
DR. B. J. KENDALL CO., Enosburg Falls, Vt.— Dear Sirs: I have been using your
Spavin Cure and find it is che best on the market.

Yours truly, N. W. STEWART.

USED 8 YEARS— FINDS O. K.

Teulon, Man. Canada. Aug. 19, 1912.
DR. B. J. KENDALL CO., Enosburg Falls, Vt.— Dear Sirs: I have been a user of your
Spavin Cure foi 8 years and find it all right. Would be pleased if you would mail me a
copy of your TREATISE ON THE HORSE AND HIS DISEASES.

Yours truly. B. HANSON.

LETTERS FROM OUR PATRONS 71

Prof. Flint's Condition Powders.

THINKS FLINTS CONDITION POWDERS ALL THAT IS CLAIMED,

419M Milam St.. Houston, Texas March 24, 1013.
Dr. B. J. Kendall Co., Enosburg Falls, Vt.

Gentlemen: — Enclosed you will find 2c in stamps lor your valuable book TREATISE ON
THE HORSE. I have used your Condition Powders and find them all you claim
for them.

Yours truly, CHAS. A. JACKSON

FLINT'S POWDERS PUT HIS HORSE IN GOOD CONDITION.

Bailey's Bay, Bermuda, Jan. 23, '11.
DR. B. J. KENDALL CO., Enosburg Falls, Vt.

Dear Sirs: — I would be very grateful if you would mail me a copy of your TREATISE
ON THE HORSE. I have been using Prof. Flint's Powders, and find all you say in
regard to them to be true. They have put my hcrse in good condition.

Yours truly, F. FEREIRA.

KENDALLS SPAVIN CURE & PROF. FLINT S POWDERS USED
20 YEARS— BEST OF RESULTS.

Attica, Ohio, Set. 23, 1908.
DR. B. J. KENDALL CO.. Enosburg Falls, Vt.

Gentlemen: — Please send me a copy of your TREATISE ON THE HORSE AND HIS
DISEASES. I have used Kendall's Spavin Cure, also Prof. Flint's Powders for the
past twenty years with the best of results.

Yours truly. MYRON H. CASEY.

SAYS— FLINTS POWDERS CURED COUGH OF THREE YEARS
STANDING

DeKalb, Texas, Oct. 29, 1907.
DR. B. J. KENDALL CO., Enosburg Falls. Vt..

Dear Sirs: — I wish to tell you that your Flint's Stock Powder has cured my horse
of a bad cough of three years standing. I am glad that I have become acquainted
with your medicine.

Very respectfully yours, J. T. ELLISON
FLINTS POWDERS RELIEVE BAD COUGH.

Dunn. N. C. June 11, 1907.
DR. B. J. KENDALL CO., Enosburg Falls, Vt.

Gentlemen: — I enclose a stamp for which please send me your book TREATISE ON
THE HORSE AND HIS DISEASES. My mule had lung fever and it left her with a bad
cough. I purchased a package of Prof Flint's Renovating Powders and it cured her

Very truly yours, G. E. ALLEN.

RECOMMENDS PROF. FLINT'S POWDERS.

Selving, O., Aug. 23, '06.
DR. B. J. KENDALL CO.. Enosburg Falls, Vt.,

Gentlemen: — I have used your liniment for 25 years but I never used the Powders until
last fall. You sent me one package for my mare and I must admit that I never saw any-
thing work so well. She had a cough for six months and I am a horseman and could not get
anything to touch it until I got your Powders. She has never coughed since. I will recom-
mend them to all as I know they are good.

Respectfully yours, D. WATTS.

HAS USED FLINT'S POWDERS LONG TIME.

Washington, D. C. 1312 22nd St. Nov. 24, '07.
DR. B. J. KENDALL CO., Enosburg Falls, Vt.

Dear Sirs: — Enclosed find a two cent stamp for which please send me your Treatise on
the Horse and his Diseases. Have used Prof. Flint's Horse and Cattle Powders for a long
time; my horse has not had any other medicine in seven years; he works Winters and Sum-
mers every day with the exception of Sunday. I always keep a box or two of your Powders
fai my stable. Yours truly, F. J. PLANT.

FINDS FLINT'S POWDERS O. K.

Randolph, N. Y. Jan. 20. 1908.
DR. B. J. KENDALL CO., Enosburg Falls, Vt.

Dear Sirs: — I have been using Prof. Flint's Horse and Cattle Renovating Powders and
find them O. K. for everything that you claim. They make the horse feel good
and give a nice glossy coat.

Youra rcspectfuUy. JOHN HALS.

72

WHAT IS GOOD FOR MAN IS GOOD FOR BEAST.

It hafl long been the opinicm of eminent scientists, who have made the realm of nature

the study of a lifetime, that the horse is our noblest domestic animal, perfect in structure,
beautiful in appearance, and exhibiting a large amount of intelligence, and whose phys"
leal nature closely resembles that of the human family, thus showing that the cause and
effects of diseases may be quite similar to diseases in the human subject: therefore we
would naturally infer that any remedy which is good for either man or beast would b^
equally as good for one as the other under similar circumstances.

Knowing this to be the case, and after hearing repeatedly from parties who had used
"Kendall's Spavin Cure" with the most gratifying results, for lameness or deep seated pain
on their own persons, we began to use it ourselves on human flesh, and after using it for a
number of years for bruises, cuts, coma, frost-bites, burns, sprains, rheumatism and lame-
ness; also using on children from one or two years of age to men of matyre years without
ever seeing the slightest injury from using it fulj strength, but seeing always the most
marked and beneficial results, we were led to recommend it, with much confidence as the
best liniment within our knowledge for any lameness or deep seated pain in man requiring an
article of this kind.

It does not always take immediate effect, and there may not be any perceptible results
for one or two weeks; but while 't may be slow in its effects in some cases, we are confident of
final success if followed up according to directions.

In using it for any difficulty of long standing, it should be applied for a long time, as
such troubles cannot be removed in a short time. It can be applied with a feather, with a
small swab, or with the hand, and by applying two or three times a day for several days
it will usually cause the skin to be a little sore on man, and we recommend for all long
gtacding difficulties, it be applied after it becomes sore just the same as before, until the
Is reaored. Oaly a Uttl* U neceMary at each applicatioa.

WHAT IS GOOD FOR MAN IS GOOD FOR BEASt. 78

KENDALL S SPAVIN CURE.

READ BELOW OF ITS BENEFICIAL RESULTS AS A
LINIMENT FOR THE HUMAN FAMILY.

ON HAND NEARLY ALL THE TIME. GOOD FOR MAN AND BEAST.

Pana, Ont., December 23, 1913.
DR. B. J. KENDALL CO., Enosburg Falls, Vt.

Gentlemen:— Please send me your book TREATISE ON THE tlORSE. I had one but
it is getting badly racked. We keep a bottle of your Spavin Cure in the house nearly
all the time and find it good for man and beast.

Yours truly, HUGH PADEN. •

USED 25 YEARS WITH VERY SATISFACTORY RESULTS FOR MAN AND BEAST.

Otto, Wyoming, Jan. xg, 1914.
DR. B. J. KENDALL CO., Enosburg Falls, Vt.

Gentlemen:— Please send me a copy of your book TREATISE ON THE HORSE AND
HIS DISEASES. I have used your Spavin Cure for the last 25 years and can re-
commend it as the best liniment I ever used on anything, horses or person.

Yours truly. GEO. W. MATTOX.

USEFUL FOR MAN AND BEAST.

Chinook, Mont. Jam. 23, 1914.
DR. B. J. KENDALL CO., Enosburg Falls. Vt.

Gentlemen: — Enclosed find a two cent stamp for which please send me your "Trettlse
on the Horse and his Diseases". I would never be without your Spavin Cure aslnot
only find it useful for the horses but a grand medicine for the household also.

Thanking you in advance, I am,

Your* very truly, S. O. CHOSE.

A GREAT BELIEVER IN KENDALLS FOR MAN AND BEAST.

Riding Mountain. Man., Canada.
Jan. 5, 1914.
DR. B. J. KENDALL CO.. Enosburg Falls. Vt.

Gentlemen:— I am a great believer and user of your KENDALL'S SPAVIN CURE
for man and beast.

Yours respectfully, CHAS. C. FOX.

FINDS MOST SATISFACTORY FOR MAN AND BEAST.

Pleasant Grove, Utah., Aug. 14, 1913
DR. B. J. KENDALL CO., Enosburg Falls, Vt.

Gentlemen:— Please send me a copy of your book TREATISE ON THE HORSE. I
have used your Spavin Cure and find it most satisfactory for man and beast.

Yours truly, AUGUST SCHRODER.

PROMPT RELIEF FOR SORE THROAT.

Majestic Threatre, Denver. Colo.
DR. B. J. KENDALL CO. — Gentlemen: Just a line to let you know the value of vour
Spavin Cure. As you will see by my letterhead, I am in the theatrical profession, and de-
pend upon my throat for my living. I have found Spavin Cure invaluable to me in cases
of sore throat. Whenever I feel the slightest soreness, I give my throat a good rubbing
with the Cure when I retire, and put on a dry bandage. In the morning the soreness is
almost gone, and it always disappears within three applications. I find it impossible to
reachthe vocal cords with any kind of gargle, but the Spavin Cure does the trick from the
outside. I first diocovered its value in Australia where my father uses it on his horses.
Once when I was suffering with sore throat, he suggested giving it a trial, and the result
Is that I never travel without it now. I have recommended it to a number of the profession,
and they are delighted with it. Make any use of this letter that you wish. I always use
the animal size Spavin Cure.

Wishing you a long continuation of your great success, I remain.

Thankfully yours,

GEORGE S. LAUDER.
Fermanent address: Australia's Foremost Ventriloquist.

* 'The Billboard."
San Francisco, CaJM.

74 WHAT IS GOOD FOR MAN IS GOOD FOR BEAST.

KENDALL'S SPAVIN CURE.

The excellent success which has been achieved by this remedy encouraged the proprletora
to refine it expressly for the human flesh. No remedy within our knowledge has ever given
better satisfaction. Many have found it to be sufficiently strong to penetrate and have
real virtue to relieve severe cases of rheumatism, neuralgia, corns bunions, warts, frost-,
bites, felons, chilblains, bums, or any pain, bruise, cut or lameness, which are not affected
by milder liniments It does not blister, but on the contrary removes soreness. For horses
and other animals, we recommend our patrons to use that put up in light wrappers, retail
price Si. 00. For man, use that put up in red wrappers, retail price so cents. If desired
that put up for horses can be used on human flesh with perfect safety.

Directions. — Keep the bottle well corked. Do not apply near the fire or any flame.
For rheumatism or neuralgia apply to the affected part three or four times a day, and pro-
tect the part from the cold. Continue its use for several days, or weeks if necessary, until
considerable irritation of the skin is produced, and in bad cases of long standing con-
tinue to apply it for several days after the skin becomes irritated sufficiently to cause con-
siderable smarting at each application.

For sprains, swelling, burns, bruises, frost-bites, chilblains, corns, felons, bunions, back
ache, headache, toothache, sore throat, or for any soreness of the chest, quinsy, lameness or
pain caused by any mishap, we recommend to apply this liniment to the affected part
two or three times a day, or oftener if necessary.

That put up for horses can be used on human flesh, if desired, with perfect safety.

BEST HE KNOWS OF FOR RHEUMATISM.

Atwood, Ont. Jan 27th. 1910.
DR. B. J. KENDALL CO.— Gentlemen: Kindly send me your TREATISE ON THE
HORSE. I have used Spavin Cure and consider it the best medicine I know of for Rheu-
matism. Yours truly, THOMAS JOHNSON.

SPAVIN CURE RELIEVES CRIPPLE OF TEN YEARS.

Lehighton, Pa. Dec 9, 1909.
DR. B. J. KENDALL CO. — Gentlemen: Few but very important words of praise.
I have used your Spavin Cure medicine and it has taken me off two crutches. I walked
on crutches for ten years until I used your Spavin Cure.

Very truly yours. ROBERT M. KRUM.

SAYS NOTHING LIKE IT IN HIS FAMILY. CURES PILES.

1096 S. Broad St.,- Galesburg, 111. Oct. i8th, 1910.
DR. B. J. KENDALL CO. — Gentlemen: Have been using your remedy successfully
for years on horses and in my family. There is nothing like it. I can recommend it very
highly as a cure for Piles in their worst form. Everything else failed until I used Spavin
Cure, and it cured me.

Yours respectfully, J. A. BUTLER.

USED WITH GOOD SUCCESS FOR SCIATICA.

Glendale. Cal., May 6. 1913.
DR. B. J. KENDALL CO., Enosburg Falls, Vt.

Gentlemen: — As I am using Kendall's Spavin Cure with great success on myself for
Sciatic trouble I woul thank you very much for your TREATISE ON THE HORSE.

Yours truly, C. J. HAEG.

USED WITH GOOD RESULTS. THINKS NOTHING BETTER AS LINIMENT
FOR MAN OR BEAST.

DR. B. J. KENDALL CO.. Enosburg Falls, Vt. ''^^"' "^'^ ^'''- '' '''''

Dear Sirs: — I have used your valuable remedy Kendall's Spavin Cure for splints,
with good results, and find nothing better as a liniment for man or beast. Kindly
Bend book to the above address and oblige.

JOHN J. HAYES

Wholesale Distribtitinq Aqents

FOR

Kendall's Spavin Cure, Kendall's Blister, and

Frof. Flint's Horse and Cattle Condition

and Renovating Fowders.^

We give below a list of our Wholesale Distributing Agents for the above articles. These
preparations are now sold by all the principal Wholesale and Retail Druggists throughout
r. le United States and Canada. If your Druggist does not keep them and will not get
V lem for you, send direct to Dr. B. J. Kendall Co., Enosburg Falls, Vt., and they will
s^nd on receipt of price (see price list on page 96) to any address by mail.

In sending orders direct to us it is best usually to send Bank Draft, P. O. Money Order
cr Registered letter for the amount wanted, with full shipping directions, and the order
\y;il receive prompt attention. To all who would investigate to know if we are respon-
sible for any money which might be sent to us, we would refer to the following well known

WELLS & RICHARDSON CO.. Burlington, Vt,

EASTERN DRUG CO., Boston, Mass.

JAMES A. WEBB & SON, New York City.

ENOSBURG FALLS SAVINGS BANK & TRUST CO.. Enosburg Falls. Vt.

ALABAMA.

BIRMINGHAM.

Doster Northington Drug Co.

MOBILE Mobile Drug Co.

MOxNTGOMERY Greil Bros. Co.

" Durr Drug Co.

SELMA Cawthon-Coleman Co.

ARKANSAS.

FORT SMITH.. Morris-Morton Drug Co.

" " John Schaap.

LITTLE ROCK Lincoln Co. C. J.

CALIFORNIA.

LOS ANGELES. .Western Wholesale Drug
Co.

" " Brunswig Drug Co.

SACRAMENTO Kirk, Geary & Co.

SAN FRANCISCO,

Langley & Michaels Co.

" " Owl Drug Co.

" " Cofifin, Redington &

Co.

COLORADO.

COLORADO SPRINGS.

Hefley-Arcularius Drug Co.

DENVER Davis-Bridaham Drug Co.

Hover & Co. W. A.

PUEBLO Pueblo Wholesale Drug Co.

CONNECTICUT.

HARTFORD Sisson Drug Co.

" Talcott & Co., C. H.

" Williams & Carleton Co.

NEW HAVEN... Whittlesey & Co., C. W.

" " Leete & Co., C. S.

NORWICH Lee & Osgood Co.

WATERBURY. . . .Apothecaries Hall Co.

DELAWARE.

WILMINGTON Danforth. N. B.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

WASHINGTON Tschifelly. F. A.

FLORIDA.

JACKSONVILLE,

Groover-Stewart Drug Co.
" Southern Manufactur-

ing Co.

TAMPA Tampa Drug Co.

PENSACOLA Lewis-Bear Drug Co.

GEORGIA.

ATLANTA.. Lamar & Rankin Drug Co.

" Daniel, J. B.

" Jacobs Phar. Co.

AUGUSTA Augusta Drug Co.

COLUMBUS. .. .Brannon & Carson Co.
MACON . . Lamar, Taylor & Riley Drug Co.

SAVANNAH Solomons Co.

" Columbia Drug Co.

ROME Curry-Arrington Co.

VALDOSTA Vaidosta Drug Co.

ILLINOIS.

Cx\IRO Schuh Drug Co.

CHICAGO Fuller & Fuller Co.

" . . . .Humiston, Keeling & Co.

" ... .Morrisson, Plummer & Co.

** '....Stevenson & Co., Robert.

" ..Van Schaack & Sons, Peter.

" Olney & Jerman Co.

PEORIA Colburn, Birks & Co.

Barker & Wheeler Co.

QUINCY Sommers Drug Co., Aldo.

ROCK ISLAND .. Hartz & Bahnsen Co.

INDIANA.

EVANSVILLE Leich & Co., Charles.

FORT WAYNE.. Fort Wayne Drug Co.
INDIANAPOLIS. . .Kiefer Drug Co., A.

" ... .Stewart Co., Daniel.

" ... .Ward Bros. Drug Co.

" Mooney-Mueller DrugCo.

TERRE HAUTE.. Bindlev & Co.. E. H,

" .. Cook & Black Drug Co.

76

WHOLESALE DISTRIBUTING AGENTS.

IOWA.

BURLINGTON Churchill Drug Co.

COUNCIL BLUFFS.. Harle-Haas DrugCo.

DES MOINES Des Moines Drug Co.

" " Iowa Drug Co.

DUBUQUE Torbert, \V. H.

FORT DODGE Oleson Drug Co.

McGregor Peterson, S. J.

OTTUMWA Edgcrly & Co., J. W.

SIOUX CITY Hornick, Hess & More.

KANSAS.

WICHITA Potts Drug Co.. C. E.

" Southwestern Drug Co.

KENTUCKY.

LOUISVILLE , Robinson-Pettet Co.

" Peter-Neat'Richardson Co.

PADUCAH Kolb Bros. Drug Co.

. .Du Bois, Sons & Co., L. S.

LOUISIANA.

NEW IBERIA Estorgc Drug Co.

" ORLEANS.. Finlay. Dicks & Co.
...Lyons & Co., I. L.

*- " Parker-Blake Co.

SHREVEPORT Morris-Dickson Co.

MAINE.

P^JRTLAND Perkins & Co.. J. W.

Goold & Co., J. E.

" ... Cook, Everett & Pennell.

MARYLAND.

BALTIMORE Baily & Son. James

" Carr, Owens & Co.

" Gilbert Bros & Co.

" Loewv Drug Co.

" Muth Bros. & Co.

Gilpin Co., H. B.

MASSACHUSETTS.

BOSTON Carter, Carter & Meigs.

" Eastern Drug Co.

" Oilman Bros.

" Anthony 'Co., E. S.

WORCESTER Brewer & Co.

NORTH ADAMS,

Burlingame & Darbyg Co.

MICHIGAN.

DETROIT Michigan Drug Co.

" ...Farrand, Williams & Clark.

GRAND RAPIDS,

Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co.

MANISTEE Lyman Co.. A. H.

SAGINAW. . .Saginaw Valley Drug Co.

MINNESOTA.

DULUTH...Leithhead Drug Co., L. W.
MINNEAPOLIS. . .Minneapolis Drug Co.
ST. PAUL Nayes Bros. & Cutler.

MISSISSIPPI.

MERIDIAN ..Hopkins & Bethe*.

VICKSBURG Cassell Co., A. G. '

MISSOURI.

ST. LOUIS Mever Bros. Drug Co.

Merrell Drug Co., J. S.

KANSAS CITY McPike Drug Co.

" " Faxon & Gallagher.

" " . .Evans-Sm.ith Drug Co.

ST. JOSEPH Smith Drug Co., C. D.

" " Van Naita Drug Co.

SPRINGFIELD Hall Drug Co.

JOPLIN Spring Drug Co., C. M.

NEBRASKA.

LINCOLN Lincoln Drug Co.

" Capital Drug Co.

OMAHA Richardson Drug Co.

Bruce & Co.. E. E.

NEW JERSEY.

NEWARK Smith & Co.. C. B.

NEW YORK.

ALBANY Walker & Gibson.

BINGHAMTON . McKallor Drag Co. , E. C.

BROOKLYN Towns & James.

BUFFALO Plimton, Cowan & Co.

ELMIRA Gerity Bros.

MIDDLETOWN-.McMonagle & Rogers.

NEWBURG Merritts Sons.

NEW YORK CITY, Bruen, Ritchey & Co.
" Coffin. Redington Co.

" Crittentoa Co.. Chas.

N.

" . Eimer & Amend.

Jadwin. O. H.

" .Klein & Co., Henry.

" Lehn & Fink.

" McKesson & Robbins.

...Schieffeiin & Co.

• .Litteil & Co.. C. S.

" S m i t h-Wortbinston

Co.

Barry. E. J.

PLATTSBURG Cady Drug Co.

ROCHESTER Gibson Drug Co.

" Blauw & Bamum Co.

ROME Hower. L.

SYRACUSE. Hubbard. Sons & Co.. Chas.

Snow & Co.. C. W.

TROY Polk & Calder Drug Co.

" . Thompson Sons & Co., J. L.

UTICA Williams & Co.

Sheehan & Co.. J. H.

WATERTOWN Felt Co., Samuel

NORTH CAROLINA.

ASHVILLE Smith, Dr. T. C.

CHARLOTTE Burwell & Dunn Co.

Scott & Co.. J. M.

GOLDSBORO Justice Drug Co.

" Goldsboro Drug Co.

GREENSBORO. .Richardson Drug Co.. L.
WINSTON-SALEM.

Vaughn Crutchfield Co.

WHOLESALE DISTRIBUTING AGENTS.

77

OHIO.

CINCINNATI Hale, Jurtfs & Co.

" Stein-Gray Drug Co.

" . . Park & Sons Co. , John D .

CLEVELAND Strong, Cobb & Co.

Benton, Hall & Co.

COLUMBUS Orr, Brown & Price.

" Kauft'man-Lattimer Co.

CANTON Bowman Bros. Drug Co.

IRONTON BaU-Warfield Drag Co.

PORTSMOUTH. . .Davis Drug Co., J. F.

STEUBENVILLE Beall & Steele.

TOLEDO. .Walding, Kinnan & Marvin Co.
ZANESVILLE Bailey Drug Co.

OKLAHOMA.

OKLAHOMA CITY . . Alexander Drug Co.

OREGON.

PORTLAND . . Blumauer Frank Drug Co.
" . . Clarke-Woodward Drug Co.

PENNSYLVANIA.

BLOOMSBURG Moyer Bros.

CORRY Ames & Co., N. F.

EASTON Semple &: Sons. H. B.

HARRISBURG Kennedy Bros.

Clark, J. Nelson.

PHILADELPHIA.. Aschenbach & Miller.

Miller Drug Co.

...Smith & Co., V. H.
** ... Steelman & Archer.

" ..Shoemaker & Busch.

** ..Shoemaker & Co.,

Robert.
" Smith, Kline & French.

PITTSBURG Shipley-Massingham Co.

" ...Gilmore Drug Co., W. J.

" May Drug Co.

" Kelly Drug Co.. Geo. A.

SCRANTON Matthews Bros.

YORK Smith & Co., \Vm.

RHODE ISLAND.

PROVIDENCE.. ..Blanding & Blanding.
Clafiin Co., George L.

SOUTH CAROLINA.

CHARLESTON . Charleston Drug Mfg. Co.

Geer Drug Co.

COLUMBIA Murray Drug Co.

SPARTANBURG.

Crutchfield-Tolleson Co.

TENNESSEE.

CHATTANOOGA Fritts & Weihl.

KNOXVILLE Chapman Drug Co.

, " Sanford, Chamberlain & Al-

bers Co.

MEMPHIS Hessig-Ellis Drug Co.

" Van Vleet Mansfield Drug Co.

NASHVILLE fierry. Demoville & Co.

" Spurlock-Neal Co.

TEXAS.

AMARILLO Roach Drug Co., E. Il»

DALLAS Crowdus Drug Co., J. W-,

" Texa« Drug Q*.

" Greiner-Kelly Drug Cos

FORT WORTH. . .Williams & Co.. H. W-
• " . . Kindel-CIark Drug O

HOUSTON Houston Drug C*

" Southern Drug Co.

PARIS Paris Wholesale Drug Co.

SAN ANTONIO.. San Antonio Drug Co,
WACO Behrens Drug Co.

UTAH.

SALT LAKE CITY.

Smith-Bailey Drug Co.

•* Nelden Drug C0..W.A.

OGDEN Ogden Wholesale Drug Co.

VERMONT.

BURLINGTON. . .Burlington Drug Co.
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION.

Howard Drug Co.

VIRGINIA.

ALEXANDRIA. .Leadbeater & Sons. E. S.

LYNCHBURG Strother Drug Co.

PETERSBURG. .Armstrong & Co.. W. E.
RICHMOND Bodeker Drug Co.

" Vaughan-Robertson Drug

Co.

« Purcell, Ladd & Co.

" ..Owens & Minor Drug Co.

" ... Powers-Taylor Drug Co.

WASHINGTON.

SEATTLE. .Stewart & Holmes Drug Co.

• " Pacific Drug Co.

SPOKANE Spokane Drug Co.

WEST VIRGINIA.

CHARLESTON.. Lewis, Hubbard & Co.

" Kanawha Drug Co.

" Ruffner Bros.

ELKINS GuUand-Clark Co.

HUNTINGTON.Sehon, Stevenson & Co.
... Hagen, Ratcliff & Co.

MARLINTON S. B. Wallace & Co.

PARKERSBURG. . . .Murdoch Co., J. N.

WHEELING Reed. Robb & Breiding

" Goodwin Drug Co,

WISCONSIN.

GREEN BAY Joannus Bros.

LA CROSSE Spence-McCord Drug Co.

MILWAUKEE Milwaukee Drug Co.

" . . Yahr & Lange Drug Co.

" DohmenCo., F.

78 ItLEDlCI^^ES USED FOR THE HOESB.

A PB"W OF THE

MEDICI]SrES USED FOE THE HOESE.

"We once lieard it remarked by an eminent professor of Materia
Medica, that, if he was compelled to combat with disease with
either opium alone of all of the remaining drugs in use without
the opium, he would choose the opium alone.

Another professor has said, ' ' Give me mercury, iodine,
quinine and the lancet, and I will combat with disease." While I do not
altogether endorse the views of either of these distinguished professors,
either in the number or selection of medicines they would choose first in
preference to all others, I would say, give me, as my first choice, aconite
and iron, in connection with the opium, and a few others, and I should feel
that I was fitted out with the most important drugs for the successful treat-
ment of the diseases of the horse.

We will give something of a history of the more important drugs used
for the treatment of the diseases of the horse, with their effects and uses.

Acids. — These nearly all have a sour taste, and are derived from the
vegetable, mineral and animal kingdoms. The number of acids used in
medicines is small; among the most important of these are acetic acid,
muriatic acid, nitric acid, sulphuric acid, tannic acid, gallic acid, carbolic
acid, arsenious acid, phosphoric acid and tartaric acid.

Acetic Acid. — When diluted •with seven parts of water, it is about the
strength of ordinary vinegar. It is produced from the purification of pjTO-
ligneous acid.

U»6. — It is used by some, with good results, for sprains and bruises, and
for the destruction of the poison of insects, by adding to six ounces of the
acid one-fourth oimce tincture of opium and two ounces of camphor.

Muriatic Acid. — This acid is obtained by the action of sulphuric acid
on common salt. When pure it is a transparent, colorless liquid, but the
commercial acid has a yellowish color.

Muriatic acid is a good tonic in debilitating diseases of" the horse, and is
refrigerant and antiseptic.

Dose. — Half to one fluid drachm may be given, largely diluted with cold
water, and repeated two to four times a d.a.y.

Externally, it may be used for sores in the feet, by pouring a few drops
into the sores or nail holes. Eight or ten drops mn.y be advantageously

MEDICINES USED FOR THE HOESE. 79

used for poll-evil or qiiittor by being poured directly into the fistulous
opening.

It may be used for various affections of tbe skin, by diluting with glyc-
erine, and washing off in a short time if used strong.

Carbolic Acld.— This important medicine is obtained from coal tar
oil. Its smell resembles that of creosote.

Vses.— It is used for various purposes, such as a dismfectant in stables
where animals have distempers, fevers, etc., by washing the stalls, floors
and ceilings with water which contains a small quantity of the acid; also
used, with gratifying results, for unhealthy wounds and sores, by applying
a solution of the following strength; Carbolic acid, one ounce; fresh soft
water, six pints; this prevents putrefaction, and will cause the wound to be
more healthy and to heal sooner. Carbolic acid is also used for destroying
wood ticks, lice and all kinds of parasites, and is quite effective in preventing
the bot fly from depositing her eggs when those parts which are commonly
chosen by the bot fly are washed with a solution double the strength o-iven
above.

XiTEic Aero, (called, also. Aqua Fortis).— This is also a valuable tonic,
when properly given. It is extremely sour and corrosive, and should be
guarded by the same caution as in giving the sulphuric acid.

Lose.— It maybe given in doses of five to twenty -five drops, largely
diluted with water.

Sulphuric Acid, (called, also, Oil of Vitriol). — This acid is obtained by
burning sulphur, mixed with one-eighth of its weight of nitre, over a
stratum of water contained in a chamber lined with sheet-lead.

Uses. — Many consider this acid to be preferable to au}' other of the acids
for internal use, in debility of the digestive organs, for general weakness,
and as a refrigerant.

Externally, it is used similarly to muriatic acid. When it is desired to
use it as a caustic it should be mixed with dry powdered white vitriol, suffi-
cient to make it of a pasty consistence, so it can be confined to the location
which it is desired to cauteme.

80 lauDidxxs nssD fos ths hobsx.

This acid, as well as nitric or muriatic acid, is a powerful irritating
poison when given into the stomach undiluted ; and persons should bear in
mind, when these acids are given, that they should be largely diluted wiUi
water and thoroughly mixed before administering.

A dose of sulphuric acid is about ten to forty drops, largely dihit«d
with water.

Tannic Acid, (called, also, Tannin), — This is produced from nutgails,
oak bark, etc. It is uncrystallizable, white, or slightly yellowish, with a
strongly astringent taste, inodorous, soluble in water, but not very soluble
in alcohol or ether, and insoluble in most oils.

Tannic acid precipitates solutions of starch, albumen and gluten, and
forms, with gelatine, an insoluble compound, which is the basis of leather.

Uses. — It is valuable, mixed with water, as a wash for running sores and
ulcers, and is also excellent for diarrhoea, and may be given for any disease
where this class of medicines is indicated. It will, in many cases of bleed-
ing sores, stop the bleeding if applied locally. It is sometimes used as an
eye-wash, with excellent success, by applying a solution of the following
strength: tannic acid, one-fourth ounce; cold water, one quart. As it is
harmless and safe to use, we would recommend it as an eye-wash.

Dose.—Yoj: diarrhoea, the dose should be from one-half to one drachm.

Aconite. (Wolfsbane — Monkshood). — An active poison, which grows
abundantly in the forests of Germany, France and Switzerland. It is also
cultivated in the gardens of Europe, and has been introduced into this
country as an ornamental flower. All parts are poison. The leaves wad
roots are used. A tincture made from the root is much more active than
from the leaves.

Tincture of Aconite Root. — This is one of the most powerful and suc-
cessful sedatives which is in use. It is one of the best medicines we have
for the successful treatment of several of the diseases of the horse, when
properly used, and has, to a certant extent, done away with bleeding and
physicking, the former of which has been, in the past, so indiscriminately
and dangerously used. It is not only sedative, but it is an anodyne.,
diaphoretic and antiphlogistic. It controls fever, reduces inflammation and
allays pain. In fact, we have no drug which will so well control the circu-
lation and action of the heart as aconite.

Medical Uses. — The effects of remedial doses are felt in twenty or
thirty minutes, and are at their height in an hour or two, and continue,
with little abatement, from three to five hours. We have no single drug
which, is used with such gratifjdng results in many cases, such as lung
fever, or, in fact, inflammation of any part of the body, colic from cSUiog
green food, and founder.

MSmCINBS USED FOR THB HOESK. 81

Caution. — In overdoses this valuable drug is an active poisou, therefore
we would caution all who use it about giving too large quantities, as pros-
tration and perhaps death would be the result. Never give more than five
or six doses, if twenty-five drops are given at each dose, nor more than
seven or eight, if twenty drops are given at each dose. The dose may vary
from ten to forty-five drops, but for most purposes should be about twenty-
five drops.

Aloes are of several varieties— Cape, Barbadoes and Socotrine— and it is
the condensed juice of the leaves of a plant. Given by some as a purgative
or cathartic for horses; others consider it bad practice to use it much. A
dose should, for ordinary purposes, be from one-half to one ounce. It is
generally best to combine with it fenugreek, gifiger or canella.

Antimony exists in its natural state in France and Germany, The prep-
arations of antimony, which are used for the horse most, are, 1st, Sidphuret
of antimony, also commonly called Uack antimony, This is by many con-
sidered a remarkable remedy for the horse, for many purposes, but espe-
cially to make the horse s?dne, and to have the appearance of being quite fat.
2d. Tartrate of antimony and potassa, commonly called tartar emetic, has
been in great repute in the treatment of diseases of the chest ; but is now
considered of but little value in these diseases.

Anise Seed are obtained from the anise plant, which is a native of
Egypt, but has been introduced into the south of Europe and is cultivated in
various parts of that country, and is cultivated occasionally in the gardens
of this country.

Uses. — It is a grateful, aromatic carminative; and is supposed to have
the property of increasing the secretion of milk. It is used for flatulent
colic, indigestion, loss of appetite, etc. It is an excellent remedy when
combined with other medicines, for various kinds of condition powders.

Dose. — One-half to two ounces, which may be repeated three times a day.

Aqua Ammonia, (called, also. Hartshorn). — This medicine is very valu-
able both for internal and external use. It is a diffusible stimulant, anti-
spasmodic and antacid. It is used externally with olive oil, and in various
mixtures as a counter-irritant. Used as an antidote for bites of poisonous
serpents. Given with good results for flatulent colic indoses of two to three
drachms; given with milk as directed below for carbonate of ammonia.

Carbonate of Ammonia. — This is a very valuable medi'cine for debil-
ity and prostration from lung fever, bronchitis, influenza, or any disease
causing great weakness. Its effects are similar to those of aqua ammonia
given above.

Dose. —One to three drachms, which may be repeated three times a day,
and should be given in milk or cold gruel, which will protect the mucous
membranes of the throat and stomacli.

8^ MEDICINES USED FOE THE HORSE.

Arsenic. — This is an active poison in large doses, but when given in
proper doses is an excellent tonic, improving the general condition of the
horse. It should be given in a large bulk of cut feed, so as to protect the
stomach. From two to five grains may be given in the twenty-four hours,
and it should be continued for about two weeks, when the medicine should
be stopped for one or two weeks, and then it may be given again as before.
Some consider it a sure cure for the heaves.

AsAFCETiDA. — A gum Fcsin obtained from a plant of Persia by making
incisions into the living root, collecting the juice which exudes, and drying
it in the sun. It has a peculiar odor, similar to that of onions.

Uses. — It is antispasmodic, expectorant, and a moderate stimulant and
laxative. It is given as a vermifuge and for loss of appetite, also used for
heaves, in connection with camphor. (See Treatment of Heaves.)

Dose. — One to three drachms, and, if the stimulant»effect is wanted, give
from one to two ounces of the tincture.

Blue Vitriol. — This is an excellent medicine, when given internally,
as a tonic, to build up the system. Given for glanders, farcy and various
other diseases requiring tonic and alterative medicine, and should be com-
bined with ginger, fenugreek or gentian. Externally, blue vitriol is used,
with good results, as a caustic for proud flesh, by touching the parts with a
piece of the crystal. It is also excellent for many wounds which have no
proud flesh, by applying it in solution, six to twelve grains to each ounce
of soft water.

Dose. — It may be given in doses of from one-half to one drachm, twice
a day.

Camphor. — A peculiar concrete substance derived from a plant in
China and Japan. It is recommended for nervous excitement and for
heaves, and is used in many cough mixtures. It is a favorite household
remedy, and used externally to a large extent.

JJose. — Camphor may be given in doses varying from one-half to two
drachms. Camphor gum one ounce, and sweet oil eight ounces, mixed,
make a very good external remedy for various purposes.

Cantharides. (Spanish Flies.) — This remedy is produced by collecting
the beetles commonly called Spanish Flies. These insects are of a beautiful,
shining, golden green color, and usually make their appearance upon the
trees of Spain, Italy and the south of France in the months of May and
June, when they are collected by placing linen cloths under the trees on
which they have lodged through the night, and shaking the tree early in
the morning, while the}^ are torpid from the cold of the night, and conse-
quently let go their hold easily. They are then deprived of life by the
vapor from boiling vinegar, and di'ied in the sun or in rooms heated by
stoves.

MEDICINES USED FOR THE HORSE. 83

Uwf. — Internally, cantharides are a powerful stimulant, with a peculiar
direction to the urinary organs, and in moderate doses it sometimes acts as
a diuretic. ' Used with good results for glanders and farcy. The principal
use of the cantharides is as a blister, by mixing it with lard. {

Dose. — Spanish flies may be given in doses varying from three to seven
grains, but given only once a day.

Castor Oil. — This is the expressed oil of the seeds of the castor oil
plant, which is now cultivated largely in this country throughout many or
the Southern and Western States.

Use. — This oil is very useful and safe for common use in the human
family; but it is considered unfit for the horse, as it sometimes causes in-
flammation of the coats of the bowels without relief from the purging. Raw
linseed oil is considered as safe and efficient for the horse as castor oil is
for man. (See Linseed Oil )

I>ose.r-^,y hen it is thought best to give castor oil, or in the absence of
the raw linseed oil, it may be given in doses var} lug from three-fourths of
a pint to one and one-fourth pints.

Catechu. — An extract prepared from the wood of Acacia Catechu, and
found most abundant in the East Indies. It is a small tree, seldom growing
more than twelve feet in height, with the trunk about one foot in diameter.

Use. — An astringent wliich will bind the bowels in diarrhoea, and is com-
bined, with good results, with opium and prepared chalk, for diarrhoea.

Dose. — One to three drachms.

Prepared Chalk. (Creta Prseparata.) — This is the only form in which
chalk is used in medicine, and is an excellent antacid ; is one of the best
antidotes for oxalic acid. It is used, with good results, for acidity of the
stomach, and for diarrhoea, etc.

Dose.— One to two ounces.

•Chamomile Flowers. — This is a native of Europe, and grows wild in
all the temperate parts of that continent, and is also largely cultivated.

Use. — A very mild tonic, and quite useful when combined with other
medicines of this class.

Dose. — It may be given in doses varjing from one-half ounce to two
ounces.

Charcoal. — This may be given, with good results, powdered, for
chronic diarrhoea, dysentery and debilitated stomach.

Dose. — Half an ounce to one ounce, and it may be given suspended in
gruel. It may be used, with good results, externally, when applied to badly
smclhng wounds.

/Chloride OF Lime. — This compound was origmally prepared for a
bleaching agent nearly a century ago, and has since been found to have
valuable properties as a disinfectant. It is a dry, or but slightly moist.

84 MEDICINES USED FOR THE HOHSE.

grayish-white, pulverulent substance, with an odor similar to that of
chlorine.

Uses. — Chloride of lime is a disinfectant, and, from ^its deodorizing and
antiseptic properties, makes an excellent stimulant to unhealthy ulcers,
applied in solution ; also, for cutaneous eruptions, etc. Its principal use is
as a disinfectant in stables occupied by glandered and other sickly horses,
and it may be sprinkled on the floor every morning, or may be suspended
in the stable in a box which has several holes cut into it.

Dose.— When it is thought best to give it internally, one to three drachms
may be given at a dose, in wat^r.

Chloroform is a colorless, volatile liquid, having a bland, ethereal
odor and a sweetish taste.

Uses. — It is an excellent stimulant for horses, when having a chili from
cold, or in congestion, and is sometimes given to quiet pain in colic and
other painful diseases. It is used mostly in liniments and sometimes for inha-
lation. One ounce of chloroform and three ounces of olive oil, well mixed,
make an excellent liniment for external use. When chloroform is given to
the horse by inhalation he should be well secured, so as to prevent his doing
any damage, as it sometimes makes him perfectly wild and uncontrollable.
When any operation of any considerable extent is to be performed it is best
to tie the horse down, and then administer the chloroform by pouring about
an ounce of it on to a sponge, holding the sponge to one nostril, and cover-
ing the nose loosely with a large towel ; but care should be taken to allow the
horse pure air, also, to breathe with the fumes of the chloroform. Usually
two to four ounces is sufficient to produce its eilects when inhaled.

Dose. — One to two drachms, well diluted with weak spirits.

Croton Oil. — This is a very powerful cathartic, and dangerous, if
improperly used, but, as a "last resort," oftentimes works very well.

Dose is usually from ten to fifteen drops.

Elecampane. — This is one of the best medicines in use for lung affec-
tions, and should enter largely into all mixtures for this class of diseases.
It is also an agreeable aromatic, and should form a part of all condition
powders.

Epsom Salts. (Sulphate of Magnesia.) — This medicine, so well known
in every household, is used with good results as a febrifuge, and is often
given as a purgative. It is not only cheap, but is very good for several
diseases, and forms a part of various condition powders.

Dose. — One-fourth to one-half pound, dissolved in as large a quantity of
cold water as can be given the horse conveniently, with one ounce of ginger ;
also, allowing the horse to drink, if he will, after the salts have been given,
for the reason that they will be much more efficient if largely diluted.

MIDICTITES rrSE© FOR THE HORSS. g5

Ergot. — This is produced from diseased rye, and is of great value in the
foaling season, as it is the most effectual remedy known for increasing the
action of the uterus, when there is not sufficient contraction. Great care
should be taken when it is given that nothing prevents delivery, except
deficient action of the uterus. It should not be used by the non-professional,
as they would be more likely to do harm than good with it ; in fact, the
cases demanding its use are very rare, but, as we said before, where its use
is really called for,' nothing else will act as well.

Dose. — Of the powder, one-eighth to one-half ounce; of the tincture, one
to two fluid ounces may be given.

Ether. (Sulphuric Ether.)— This is a very valuable remedy, and is used
with excellent results for colic, and for various purposes is a good anti-
spasmodic. Given with tincture of opium, it works admirably for colic.

Dose. — One to two fluid ounces.

EuPHORBruM. — This is the concrete, resinous juice of a plant growing
in Africa and in some other parts of the world

Use. — Owing to the severity of its action its internal use has been entirely
abandoned, and it is now used only externally, and it is so severe that it is
but very little used even in that way.

Male Fern. — The root of a plant growing in South Africa. It is said
to be very valuable for ridding animals of worms.

Dose. — It may be given to the horse in doses of one-half to one pound of
the powdered root, and may be followed with a purgative the next day.

Fenugreek.— An annual plant, growing spontaneously in Southern
Europe. It has a peculiar odor, which is quite agreeable. The seeds,
ground, is the portion used, and they enter largely into nearly all the condi-
tion powders which are put up and sold through the country.

Dose. — One-fourth to one ounce.

Nut Gall. — A morbid excrescence upon the oak tree, resulting from
holes being made in the bark by an insect.

Uses.— li is a powerful astringent, and is used to bind the bowels when
affected with diarrhoea or dysentery ; used, also, for applying to the greasy
heels of horses.

Dose. — One to three drachms.

Gentian.— A valuable tonic. It excites the appetite, invigorates diges-
tion, moderately mcreases the temperature of tlie body and the force of the
circulation, and may be combined with iron for debility; it is used, in
connection with other drugs, for various purposes, and forms an important
part of various condition powders.

Dose. — One-half to two drachms, repeated two or three times a day.

86 MEDICnOCS USED FOR THE HORSE.

Gekger. — There are several varieties, of which the Jamaica oi white
ginger is the best, but all are used, with good results, for colic, loss of appe-
tite, etc., and should enter into every dose of purgative medicine.

Dose. — From one to four drachms.

GLYCERmE, — This is the sweet principle of fats or oils, and waa discoT-
cred nearly a century ago, when it was called the sweet principle of oil*. It
is a fluid which scarcely ever dries up, and is a thick, sjTupy substance, resem-
bling castor oil in its looks, but without smell, and very sweet to the taste.

Uses. — It is an excellent application to many sores, and is used with very
gratifying results for scratches or sore heels; also, for skin diseases, when a
softening and soothing application is required. When a little is added to
poultices, it has the effect to keep them soft and moist for a long time. It
is soluble in water.

Iron. — This is one of the most valuable medicines in use for many cases
of debility, as it supplies the red corpuscles of the blood, which are gener-
ally deficient in a debilitated animal. Various preparations of iron are in
use, of which the following are the most commonly used:

Copperas. (Sulphate of Iron.) — This is one of the cheapest, and, for many
purposes, the best. It is tonic and astringent, and is used, with good results,
for weakness, bad condition, swelling of the legs, body, sheath, etc.

Dose. — One-half to one and a half drachms, and it should be combined
with the same quantity of gentian or ginger, and given in the feed, or as a
drench with cold water.

Muriated Tincture of Iron. — This is an excellent preparation of iron,
and may be given in doses varying from one-fourth to one ounce. Although
several other preparations of iron are in use, the two given above are all
that are ordinarily required.

JuisnPER Berries. — The best juniper berries come from the south of
Europe, and are about the size of a pea, and more or less shriveled. They
are produced from a small evergreen shrub, which sometimes grows tv/elve
or fifteen feet high. It is used for loss of appetite, to stimulate the stomach
and kidneys to action, and during convalescence from disease.

Dose. — One to two ounces.

KiKO. — This is the inspissated juice of several plants which grow in
Africa, East and \Yest Indies, South America, etc. It is a powerful astrin-
gent, and is used in diarrhoea as a substitute for catechu, which is not quite
as powerful.

Dose. — One to five drachms.

Raw Linseed Oil. — This is, perhaps, the safest and best purgative in
common use, and should be given by non professional persons in preference
to any other medicine. Never give boiled oil.

Doae. — One to two pints, as a purgative.

MEDICINES USKD FOR THE HORSB. 87

Liquorice Root.— This is the root of a small plant, growing four or
fire feet in height, and which is cultivated in England, the north of France,
and Germany. It has an agreeable, sweetish taste.

Uses. — It is an excellent demulcent, and well adapted to cases of irrita-
tion of the mucous membranes of the lungs, bowels and urinary organs.
It forms an important part of condition powders, and especially when
given for coughs.

Dose. — From one-half to one ounce.

Mercurial Ointment. — This is used mostly for skin diseases, such as
mange. But we prefer, for this disease, the treatment which we have
already given in another place. Mercurial ointment is sometimes used with
good results to rid animals of lice, by boring a small hole where the animal
is liable to rub its neck, and filling it with mercurial ointment.

Nitre. (Saltpetre.) — This medicine has long been used as a febrifuge
and as a diuretic, and is still held in high esteem by many, but there are
other drugs which are better adapted to the treatment of the various
diseases for which it has long been used.

Use. — As a febrifuge in fevers and inflammations, and for kidney com-
plaints; it is also used, by many, in condition powders, for scratches and
various disorders of the blood.

Dose. — One and one-half to three drachms,

Nux Vomica. — This is an active poison in large doses, but if given in
proper quantities it is an excellent tonic and nervine for the horse when
suffering from depression, dyspepsia, etc.

Use. — In paralysis and also in "glass eye" depending upon a want of
nervous energy in the optic nerve of the horse.

Dose. — Th»> tincture is generally used, of which one to three drachms
may be given two or three times a day.

Oil of Tar. — This is procured by the distillation of tar, and is an
excellent remedy for any cough, heaves, etc. (See Treatment of Heaves.)
It is also an excellent application externally, when mixed with equal parts
of castor oil or sweet oil, to promote the growth of the hoof of the horse.
This mixture makes an excellent hoof ointment. To darken the color,
lamp-black may be mixed in sufficient quantity to suit the color of the foot.

Dose.— Oil of tar may be given internally in doses of from one-half
drachm to two drachms.

Oil of Turpentine, (commonly called Spirits or Spirit of Turpentine.) —
This is so common and well known that it Mill not need any description here.

Uses. — It is stimulant, diuretic, anthelmintic, diaphoretic, and exter-
nally rubefacient. It is given largely in several diseases of the horse, such
as colic, for various lung difficulties, and for the expulsion of worms. As
an external remedy, combined with an equal quantity of sweet oil, or in

BS MEDICINES USED FOR THE HORSE.

various mixtures, it is used with good results, but should not be applied in
full strength to the horse.

Uose. — The dose of spirits of turpentine is from one to two ounces, and
should alicays be mixed with twice its bulk of sweet oil.

Opium. — This is the dried juice of the poppy, and is brought to this
country from Turkey (which is probably the best), and also from several
other countries. It is certainly one of the most valuable drugs in use, but
should not be used indiscriminately. It relieves pain, and is used with great
success for colic and various other diseases.
. Dose. — One-half to one and a half drachms.

Oxide of Zinc. — This is an inodorous, tasteless, yellowish-white pow-
der, and insoluble in water and in alcohol.

Uses. — Given internally, it is tonic and antispasmodic. Its principal use
is external, applied to excoriated surfaces, by sprinkling the powder on the
affected part, or, in the form of an ointment, by mixing one drachm oxide
of zinc and one ounce of lard. It is used with good results for scratches,
grease heels, and other sores which have a discharge of a thin fluid.
Another good ointment may be made by adding oxide of zinc to a mixture
of shaved castile soap, moistened with a little water and all thoroughly
mixed together. The last mixture is an excellent preparation for scratches
and grease heels on horses which are kept at work, as it can be easily
scraped off at night, so that the surface may be cleansed before another
application is made for the night. It allays irritation and is quite soothing
to the parts.

Dose. — Internally, it is given in doses of from one-half to one drachm.

Red Iodide of Mercury, (called, also, Biniodide of !Mercury). — This
is a powerful irritant poison, when taken internally, and is *iow used only
as an external remedy. It is a scarlet-red powder, which, like other prepar-
ations of mercury, is very heavy for its bulk ; not soluble in water, an-d only
slightly so in alcohol. It is held in great repute by veterinary surgeons for
swellings of the glands of the neck, tumors and unnatural growths of all
kinds. It is used principally with Cantharides, mixed with lard, which forms
an excellent blister for various purposes. It is not generally used where it
is desired to blister a large surface, as it produces considerable pain.

Rosin, or Resin. — This is the residue left from the distillation of turpen-
tine, and is used by horsemen quite freely, and oftentimes is the cause of
much mischief, as it is used, to a considerable extent, to cause the horse to
urinate more freely, and the overdoses, so frequently given, are often the
cause of various diseases of the kidneys and loins. The oftener rosin is given
the horse, the more he stands in need of it, in the eyes of the driver. The
kidneys become overworked, he desires to urinate more frequently, and leas
urine is Yoided at each time. The mischief ia not seen, and the owner

MEDICINES USED FOR THE HORSE. 89

hastens to give more rosin, thinking to remedy the defect that he has been
instrumental in producing. It should be remembered that powerful diuret-
ics, like powerful purgatives, tend only to w^eaken and to debilitate. If there
be a urinary defect, find out the cause, and, if possible, have it removed,
and the elTect will cease ; but do not attempt to do so by force, against all
science and common sense.

Sw^EET Spirits of Nitre.— This is generally considered a good house-
hold remedy for fevers, etc. It is used for the horse to increase the actica
of the kidneys, but should not be given too freely in all cases of supposed
-maction of the kidneys.

Dose. — One to two ounces, given with a little cold water.

Sulphur.— Is a valuable medicine, given internally, for rheumatism, in
doses of one-half to two ounces, and also tor various disorc 3rs. It is also
used, with -grand success, for skin diseases.

Tar.— The tar used in this country is prepared mostly from a species of
pine growing in the Southern States. Tar consists of resinous matter,
united with the acetic acid, oil of turpentine and various volatile empyreu-
matic products, and colored with charcoal.

Uses. — The medical properties of tar are similar to those of the turpen-
tines. It is used occasionally, with good results, for complaints of the
urinary passages, and also for coughs. Externally, it is used for foul and
indolent sores; it is also an excellent application to the bottom of the foot,
to soften the hoof when it is too hard and the foot sore. Some prefer a
mixture of glycerine and tar, mixed as follows-. Take of tar and gh'cerine,
each, six troy ounces, and of starch, in powder, two drachms. Mix the
starch thoroughly with the glj'cerine, previously warmed; then add the tar,
and heat quickly to 212°. Strain, if necessary, and stir the mixture while
cooling. Tar should be kept in every horse-shoeing shop for putting on the
foot, usually with cotton batting or oakum, and having leather nailed on
with the shoe.

Dose. — One to two ounces, repeated two or three times a day.
White Vitriol. (Sulphate of Zinc.) — This preparation of zinc is a valua-
ble medicine, also, for healing sores and w^ounds. It is used, with good
results, for healing fresh cuts and wounds, or ulcers, whether they be
healthy or unhcalth}', by applyiug a solution of the following strength, viz. :
wiiite vitriol, one ounce; soft water, one quart. It is also used, with very
good results, m ejQ waters, and, perhaps, is one of the very best of medicines
w^e have for the eye. As we have given two or three receipts for eye w^aters,
with the miscellaneous receipts, we refer all wiio are interested to those.

Dose. — When given as a tonic, ten to fifteen grains may be given, dissolved
m water. It is uded, with good results, for irritated stomacb, lo^ of apjpe-
tit&.«te.

00 TESTIMONIALS

KENDALL'S SPAVIN CURE

FOR HUMAN FLESH

GOOD FOR MAN AND BEAST

Read below of its very beneficial effects as a Liniment
for the Human Family

USED 25 YEARS ALL THAT IT IS RECOMMENDED FOR MAN OR
BEAST.

Bedford, Mich., Aug. 25, 1912.
Dr. B. J. KENDALL CO., Enosburg Falls, Vt

Gentlemen: — I wiite you these few lines to let you know that I have been the user
of your Kendall's Spavin Cure for the last 2J> years I use no other kind of liniment
in my family or for any stock. It is all you recommend it to be. It saved my life
when all the doctors said there was no help for me and perfected a permanent cure. I had
a gathering in my head. It got so bad that the doctors gave me up and said there was no
help for me; that ic had worked so close to my brain there was no medicine that could reach
it. I had such pain in my head I thought I had rather die than stand the pain. I had a
bottle of your Spavin Cure in the house and knowing it had been so good for everything
I had tried it for concluded to try it on my ear, I saturated a little cotton batting and placed
it in my ear which gave me instant relief and inside of a week effected a permanent cure. I
have not felt anything since.

It is a fine liniment for headache sore throat, cold on the lungs, and in fact for
anything where liniment is needed. It is also a fine liniment for stock. If this testi-
monial is of any use to you you may use my full name and address.

Yours truly,

CHARLES F. CARROLL.

CURED RHEUMATISM OF TWO YEARS' STANDING.

Indianapolis, Ind., Marches, 1912.
Dr. B. ]. KENDALL CO., Enosburg Falls, Vt. — Gentlemen: Please send me a copy of
your TREATISE ON THE HORSE. Several of the leading druggists here have none for
distributing. I am using your SPAVIN CURE on a mare for what seems to be a sprain
of the Patella or stifle joint. Hope the book will help me to locate the real trouble. One
bottle of the Human Flesh strength cured me of Rheumatism of two years' stand-
ing in both arms, and after treatment from several doctors.

Respectfully yours,

W. T. HOWARD.
(R. F. D. No. 19)

USED WITH GREAT SUCCESS FOR SPRAINS, RHEUMATISM, GALLS,
SORE SHOULDER, CORNS, ETC.

Carnduff, Sask., Oct. 8, 191 1.
DR. B. J. KENDALL CO.— Dear Sirs: Enclosed find stamp for a copy of your TREAT-
ISE ON THE HORSE. I have used your vSpavin Cure with great success on my stock
as well as for domestic purposes. It is the best thing I can get for Spavins, Rheumatism,
Corns, etc., also for sore shoulders. Splints, Galls, etc., for horse.

Yours truly. A. A. COON.

GOOD FOR SORES, COLDS, GALLS. SORE SHOULDER, BURNS. ETC.

Henrvton, Md., Jan. i, 1912.
DR. B. J. KENDALL CO. — Gentlemen. I recently bought a bottle of your Spavir
Cure to use on a colt that had been kicked a year ago. Before I had used half the bottle
the swelling was all gone and he was completely cured. I also find it good for bruises,
sores, bums, and colds on the chest.

JOHN FEEZKR

CONTENTS.

91

CONTENTS.

Astringrent Cordial - - 55
Abdominal Dropsy - - 3
Atrophy .... 37
Age of the Horse - - 43
Alterative and Laxative

Ball3 .... 55
Anodyne Drenches - - 54
Abscess of the Lung^s 27

Abscess of the Brain 3

Bog Spavin - . . 35
Bone Spavin - - 33, 63

Bots 3

Breeding - • - 44

Bronchitis ... - 6
Baldness - - - - 32
Burns and Scalds - . - 6
Bruises, Cuts, etc., on

Horse and Man - . - 59
Callus - - - - 7
Capped Elbow . - - - 7
Capped Hock • - 7
Capped Knee - - " 7

Condition Powders - - 95
Cautery .... 8
Chronic Founder - - 16
Chronic Rheumatism 2S

Colic • - . - - - 8

Corns 10

Cough - - - - - 56
Cuts, Wounds and Sores 51
Cracked Heels - - - 56
Curb - . - - - 10
Cordial Balls - - - 55
Contracted Hoof or Sore

Feet 50

Debility - ... 11
Diabetes ... - 54
Diuretics - - - - 56
Diuretic Balls - . 54

Diarrhoea - - - - 12
Dysentery, Acute - - - 13
Doses for the Horse 41, 42
Distemper - . - 13
Spizootic .... 13
Sr^Wate . . - SJ

Farcy

13

Pneumonia - .

.

25

Firing .... 8

14

Prof. Flint's Renovating

Firing Horses - - -

14

Powders - -

.

9S

Foot Diseases . . -

14

Proud Flesh

.

27

Founder . - , .

'5

Pink-Eye . . -

.

92

Fracture ...

16

Pleurisy . .

27

Frost Bites

iS

Poll Evil - . .

27

52

Flatulent Colic

9

Pin Worms

40

Flesh Wounds - - 57

59

Quitter - - -

27

59

Fever Balls . - -

54

Quarter Crack

59

Glanders ....

iS

Receipts, Miscellaneous

5°

Grease-heels

19

Rheumatism

.

38

Heaves

19

Ring-bone

.

29

Hide-bound

20

Ring-worm

.

60

Hints on Food - - -

20

Saddle Galls .

30

S3

Hip-joint Lameness - -

21

Scratches - - -

30

Horse Liniments - 51

53

Scratches and Grease-

hee

51

Inflammation of Stomach

32

Shoe Boil - - .

.

7

Influenza . . . -

^3

Shoeing Horses -

-

46

Interfering . - . .

23

Shoulder Lameness

30

In Measuring Liquids

42

Shoulder-joint Lameness

31

Inflammation of Bladder

24

Sores . - . .

33

Inflammation of Kidneys

24

Spavin . - . -

3i

Inflammation of Bowels

.

CJ 1-1 1 i r> t

36
36

Kidneys, Disease of - -

:>

opunt - • • . -
Sprains ....

Kendall's Spavin Cure

74

Staggers - - -

36

Kendall's Spavin Cure,

Stifle-joint Lameness

37

Wholesale Agents for

75

Sweeney

37

Kendall's Spavin Cure on

Strangles - - -

'3

Human Flesh -

64

Sore mouth and Lips

ss

Kendall's Spavin Cure,

Skin Diseases - -

31

Our Experience with

63

Tape Worm

-

39

Lameness . . - .

as

Thoroughpin

38

Lampers ....

25

Tenia ....

39

Lungs, Diseases of - -

25

Tumors

-

38

Lung Fever . .

25

Thrush

56,

60

Laminitis . . . -

15

Tonic Balls

-

56

Lumbrici . . . .

40

To Grow Hair

.

60

Miscellaneous Receipts

SO

To Horse Owners

61

Mange

32

Unhealthy Ulcers -

57

Mange, Itch, etc. -

32

Water Farcy - -

3S,

57

Nasal Gleet

27

Wind Galls - -

39

Navicular Disease -

27

Worms . . . -

39.

60

Occult Spavin - - -

35

Yellow Waters

¥>

OitttsMDt for Hora«s -

S»

92 PINK-EHB.

PINK-EYE. — The name ''pink-eje" has been extensively used in this
country during the severe epidemic which occurred, in the fall of 1881, to
designate an epidemic distemper. This disease, although not by any
means a new disease, prevailed to an alarming extent during the last epi-
demic ; but it prevails more or less in some parts of the country in a milder
form almost every spring and fall, and is more likely to attack horses in
crowded cities than those of the country. At times, it seems to be conta-
gious, especially among young horses. It is a species of influenza.

Symptoms. — At first the horse appears dull, with a disinclination to
move; the knees tremble, the eyes are swollen and look reddish, especially
in the inner corners, and the lids are also swollen and red ; the eyes are
quite sensitive to light, and are stuck up with puss. The membrane lin-
ing the nostril is red, and appears inflamed, as well as the membranes ex-
tending into the throat More or less discharge from the nostrils, and
swelling and tenderness of the glands of the neck and throat. There is
considerable fever from the beginning, and the hind legs swell, first one,
and then the other, and this swelling sometimes extends up to the sheath
and along the belly. The tongue is foul, appetite poor, the urine scanty,
bowels constipated, the saliva or matter runs freely, and it is with difficulty
that the horse is able to swallow. In some cases, the swelling under the
jaw suppurates and leaves an abscess. There is usually considerable loss of
strength early in the disease. The cause seems to be a variable state of the
atmosphere, or sudden changes from heat to cold or dry to wet, and as
this may vary in its extent and character in diflferent seasons, we find that
there is some difference in the extent as well as the symptoms of different
epidemics ; that is, the cases which occur this year which may only extend
over some pai'ticular part of the country, will have certain symptoms com-
mon to most of those it attacks, and which, perhaps, has not occurred in
any epidemic for years. The disease often leaves the horse in a bad con-
dition, and bronchitis, nasal gleet, or glanders may result from it. If the
horse is not in much distress, coughs strong, does not appear weak, eats well,
with a moderate pulse, and the discharge appears healthy, and of only
moderate quantity, there will usually be but little danger if properly cared
for; but if there is great prostration, with inordinate local and constitu-
tional symptoms, the danger is very great.

Treatment. — The most important part of our treatment, is giving the
powders described on page 95, continuing their use until the patient is con-
valescent to prevent any bad after effects.

Any person, who will take into consideration the state of the patient,
will readily see that if prostrated, he should be strengthened and built up by
proper remedies, nourishment, pure air, and good care. Give the patient
a good place in a well-ventilated stable without any draught or air which
will reach him, with a good, clean bed of straw; and if the weather is cold,
be particular to blanket well. Give bran mashes, instead of solid food, for
two or three days, or until som.e improvement is manifest; and instead of
giving cold water to drink, give a plenty of flaxseed gruel, especially if the
throat symptoms are severe; or if the flaxseed cannot be obtained, use in-
stead oatmeal gruel, which should be allowed in abundance. The discharge
from the nose may be encouraged by pouring boiling water onto one or two
quarts of bran, ten drops of carbolic acid, a small handful of salt and hops
all mixed together, and held under a tunneled-shaped piece of cloth or
blanket, which will conduct the steam up to the head. Kendall's Spavin
Cure is one of the best applications to the throat that can be made, by ap-
pljing it two or three times a day, and rubbing it down to the skin gently.

LETTERS FROM OUR PATRONS 93

FOR HUMAN FLESH.

Kendall's Spavin Cure Refined
Is Most Excellent.

A great many of our patrons after trying Kendall's Spavin Cure for
Rheumatism, bruises, sores, sprains, injured limbs, and other ailments
of the human body, write us their experience, and announce
the efficacy of our remedy when applied to HUMAN FLESH. We do
this with pleasure, as far as our space will allow, and give herewith a few
of the many testimonials received from time to time, showing most sat-
isfactory results.

Please remember that we have REFINED the Spavin Cure expressly
for Human Flesh, and have put the price within reach of all, 50c. a bottle.
The satisfactory record of our liniment for animals has fully warranted
us in placing the same upon the market as an effective household liniment.

For directions in regard to its use see page 72.

READ WHAT OUR SATISFIED PATRONS SAY.

VERY SATISFACTORY RESULTS IN TREATMENT OF HOUSEMAID S KNEE
OR WHITE SWELLING.

DR. B. J. KENDALL CO. — Dear Sirs: About the first of June, 1 wrote you for ad-
vice regarding the use of your Spavin Cure on an inflamed knee, which my physician
called "Housemaid's knee", and as requested mil let you know how it improved.

When I discontinued the physician's remedies and commenced using the Spavin Cure,
I could see a decided improvement at once, but the trouble did not entirely disappear
until about one month ago.

I am still using the Uniment, about one application per day for a time to prevent a re-
currence of the trouble. I have used altogether about three bottles.

I am confident that I would have saved a doctor's bill cf $15.00 besides being idle nearly
one month, if I had used your liniment freely at the start and continued the use for some
time, or if I had continued the use of it a little longer when I had the 5rst attack.

Will be pleased to recommend your Spavin Cure to anyone, or anj-one personally who
Uv€« near me. Thanking you for the advice, I am.

Resp. yours. W. B. ROWE. 627 E. 10.3rd St.

Cleveland. Ohio,

HIGH PRAISE FOR KENDALL'S.

Mosman's Bay. Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Oct. 31. ipir.
Dear Sirs: I have been looking around for some time in the hopes of coming across an
agent of yours, where I could procure a copy of your pamphlet, A TREATISE ON THE
HORSE AND HIS DISEASES, but so far I have not been successful, so if you would
kindly forward the address of where I could get one I would be much obliged to you.

I can not speak too high praise of Kendall's Spavin Cure, having used it on my back,
chest, and hips, (which I thought at one time were incurable) with the best results.

I have told all my friends that are connected with horses and they would hke very muck
to see your book. I am only too pleased to make known the good it has done me.
Trusting that I shall hear from you shortly, I remain.

Yours sincerely, J. ZIYMACK.

94 LETTERS FROM OUR PATRONS.

SAYS CURES GOITRE.

Seattle, Wash. Aug. 31, 1911.

Dear Sirs: I have discovered a use for your refined Spavin Cure that you do not seem
to know of, or at least one that you do not advertise it for. It is with a sense of duty as
well as a feeling of pleasure that I tell you that your medicine cures goitre. I know of
several cases, as well as my own, that it has cured. Of course I teJl my friends of it, but
I feel that the public should know of this simple and efficient cure for that awful trouble
goitre.

Hoping that you will adveitise your remedy for this, I am

Gratefully, (Miss) MAUDE ROBINSON.

GOOD FOR RHEUMATISM.

Kansas City, Mo. Nov. 10. 1911.

Dear Sirs: Please send me your TREATISE ON THE HORSE. I have used Kendall's
Spavin Cure for rheumatism on both myself and my horse with satisfactory results.

Yours truly, F. KLUTKE.

CURES SEVERE ANKLE SPRAIN— GOOD FAMILY LINIMENT
ALL THAT IS CLAIMED.

Franklin, Vt. Dec. 11, 19U.

DR. B. J. KENDALL CO. — Gentlemen: Two years ago I sprained my ankle and for
months walked with my ankle crooked, which caused great pain. I used several kinds
of liniments but none gave relief until I began using Kendall's Spavin Cure, which not
only removed the pain, but my ankle is now as free from pain and straight as before the
fall which caused the sprain. Since gett;ing such good results I now use your Spavin Cure
as an all purix>se family liniment and have found it to do all you claim and more.

Wishing you the success you deserve, I remain

Very truly yours, MRS. S. YOUNG

RELIEVES BRUISES, RHEUMATISM, COLDS, COLLAR GALLS, ETC.

Tekoa, Wash. Nov. 16, 1909.

DR. B. J. KENDALL CO. — Dear Sirs: I have been using Kendall's Spavin Cure and
found it to be the best liniment I have ever used. I was kicked by a horse and happened
to have a bottle of your liniment which proved to be just the thing I needed. It also
gives me relief from Rheumatism, and I rub it on my chest for Golds and Cramps.

One of my horses had a lump on his shoulder under the collar, and Kendall's Spavin Cure
took it off. Please send me your book, TREATISE ON THE HORSE.

Very truly yours, LOUIS LOCKWOOD.

RELIEVES BUNIONS.

Areola, La. Dec. 12, 1909.

DR. B. J. KENDALL CO. — Dear Sirs: Your remedy has relieved me of so much
suffering and discomfort that I feel I must thank you. My daughter bought a bottle of
Spavin Cure to reduce some Wind Galls on her pet mare, and seeing that it was good for
the human family also I tried it on my Bunion, with which I have suffered since I was
eleven' years old (Am now middle aged.) After three applications it ceased to trouble
me and is rapidly becoming smaller.

Kindly send me your TREATISE ON THE HORSE.

Very truly xoura, MRS. JENNIE E. GORIX»<,

PROF. FLINT'S HORSE AND CATTLE RENOVATING POWDERS.

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PROF. FLINT'S HORSE AND CATTLE
RENOVATING POWDERS.

We have thoroughly tested the virtues of the
above named Powders and found them' to be
most valuable for horses or cattle.

As a BLOOD PURIFIER these powders have
no equal to our knowledge for any disease or bad
condition caused by impure blood. Every man
knows, or should know, that thousands of horses
are sick or in BAD CONDITION, as their owners
say, simply because their blood is impure, which
is caused by the horse being kept in a barn where
the atmosphere is foul, or being fed on improper
food. We have no hesitancy in saving that PROF-.
FLINT'S RENOVATING POWDERS are the
fery best remedy known to us for any ill condition or sickness caused by impure blood, which
may be known by the horse looking poor, being dull, coat being rough and not looking
thrifty, hide bound, legs swelling. We never knew it to fail, (in any case of ill

condition as described above, after one or two pounds had been given to a horse accord-
ing to directions) , but what the horse would fat up in a very short time, and act entirely
different.

FOR COUGHS. We have always found it satisfactory for every kind of a cough,
whether of short duration or of long standing; if given until one to three pounds had been
used for cases of long standing. Also, very excellent for Epizootic.

HEAVES. The Powders have been found an excellent remedy for this ailment. See
complete treatment on pages 19 and 20 of this book.

We can send these Powders by mail, postage prepaid, for 50c, for a large package weigh-
ing about one pound, or five packages for $2.25. Address all orders to

DR. B. J. KENDALL CO.

Enosburgh Falls, Vt.

KENDALL'S BLISTER.

V\'e wish to have it understood that KENDALL'S BLISTER is entirely
different from Kendall's Spavin Cure, as the latter does not blister.

"Kendall's Blister" is an excellent remedy for spavins, (especially
blood or bog spavins), ringbone, sp'lint, or any similar difficulty. In all
I bad cases of long standing we think they can be more successfully treated
by the use of "KENDALL'S BLISTER" in connection with "KENDALL'S SPAVIN
CURE," (as directed on labels,) than by many other remedies in use, as some cases
which will not yield to other remedies, or to either of these alone, will soon yield to the
use of our Blister, followed up by the use of our SPAVIN CURE, as directed.

Besides our Blister being a complete remedy when used with the Spavin Cure, we think
it is well adapted to all cases where any Blister would be applicable.

This Blister is not like many, so powerful as to destroy the skin and other tissues, yet
it is very effective, and we believe the very best preparation, of its kind.

Altho this Blister was first designed to be used with the Spavin Cure, we have learned
that it works admirably alone, in many cases, and where parties live at a distance, and
cannot find the Spavin Cure at their stores, they can easily obtain our Blister by forward-
ing us the price, (50c) and we will send, by return mail, to any address.

Our Blister is put up in boxes and can be sent by naail with perfect safety to any part
of the world.

DR. B. J. KENDALL CO.

Enosburgh Falls, Vt.

96 PRICE LIST TO THE CONSUMER.

Kendall's Spavin Cure

FOR ANIMALS
The Reliable Remedy for Spavins, Splints, Curbs, Ring-
bones, Galls, Callous, Swellings, Sprains. It cures the Lame-
ness, and Removes the Blemish except in cases of well
formed ossification. For Human Flesh it is an excellent
Liniment, and can be used with perfect safety.

PRICE $1.00 PER BOTTLE, 6 FOR $5.00

KendalPs Spavin Cure

REFINED FOR HUMAN FLESH

For Rheum.atism, Neuralgia, Corns, Bunions, Frost-Bites ,
Burns, Chilblains, Felons; also any Pain, Bruise, Cut or
Lameness requiring an article of this character. It has
Strength to Penetrate and Virtue to Relieve cases that
are not affected by milder liniments.

PRICE 50c PER BOTTLE, 6 FOR $2.50.

KendalPs Blister

To be used in connection with Kendall's Spavin Cure
for Obstinate and Long- Standing cases of Spavin, Splint,
Curb, Ringbone.

PRICE 50c PER BOX, 6 FOR $2.50.

PROF FLINT'S ""^^St POWDERS

The Best Article known to us as a Blood Purifier, also
for Coughs, Pinkeye, Heaves, Hide-Bound, Rough Coat,
Epizootic. These powders are made from absolutely pure
drugs, and for this reason they give most excellent satisfact-
ion.

PRICE 50c PER ONE POUND PACKAGE, 5 FOR $2.25
** 25c '' HALF '* ** 5 FOR $1.15

These Remedies are for sale by all Druggists, or address
DR. B. J. KENDALL CO.,

Enosburg Falls, Vt., U. S. A.

MMk 6»ed« sent ma receipt of »boTe prices by mail or Express ChaTfi«s ms

HUTCHIKSON'S FAMILY TONIC

A Remedy

For GENERAL DEBILITY

And Relief of
Torpid Liver, Indigestion, Biliousness, and othei
ailments requiring

A GENERAL TONIC

Formerly known as Hutchinson's Anti-Apoplectine.

A preparation that was long in use by a physician of
forty years' active professional experience. It is a combin-
ation of remedies for

Toning up the System

Read the experience of one of our patrons. W. B. Patch, Morrisville,
Vtu, writes,^"Have used your Anti-Apoplectine (now FAMILY TONIC)
for the past eight years or more for my heart and rheumatism. It has
been of much benefit to me."

Ask your druggist for it, or write to the manufacturers:

DR. F. S. HUTCHINSON CO.,

Dr. B. J. Kendall Co., Lessees,

ENOSBURG FALLS, VT.

PRICES— Single bottles $1.00; Six for $5.00. Delivered.

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KENDALL'S SPAYIN CURE

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Also a Full Line of
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DRUGGIST

Belmont, N. H.