The Modern Horse Doctor: Containing Practical Observations on the Causes, Nature, and Treatment of Disease and Lameness in Horses |
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Page 301 - A long coat takes up a deal of moisture, and is difficult to dry ; but whether wet or dry it affords some defence to the skin, which is laid bare to every breath of air when deprived of its natural covering. Every one must know from himself whether wet clothing and a wet skin, or no clothing and a wet skin, is the most disagreeable and dangerous. It is true that clipping saves the groom a great deal of labor. He can dry the horse in half the time, and with less than half of the exertion which a long...
Page 140 - Dodd," was a work of that kind. The defendant then offered to show from this work of Dr. Dodd, where the author treats of colic, the passage following: "In nine cases out of ten colic is the result of impaired digestive organs; the food runs into fermentation and evolves carbonic acid gas.
Page 384 - ... any which are not included or named in the specification. " But if on the sale of a horse the seller agree to deliver it sound and free from blemish at the expiration of a specified period, the warranty is broken by a fault in the horse when delivered, although such defect was obvious at the time of sale...
Page 111 - The author then adduces the following conclusions : — \Vhen the activity of the combustion which takes place in the blood is too feeble to burn the whole of the albumen which, in the normal state, should be consumed in a given time, the general vitality is diminished, and thus more or less albumen is allowed to pass unaltered into the urine, — viz., just so much organic matter as escapes the transformation into urea or uric acid. The proportion of urea contained in albuminous urine should, therefore,...
Page 261 - ... and should any thing occur to diminish this, or to throw more weight on the bones beneath than they can counteract, jar of the whole apparatus ensues; and an effort of nature to strengthen the parts, by investing them with callas and ossification, is likely to be the ultimate result.
Page 384 - ... which, being procured, would render the transaction, in law, tantamount to an express warranty. A general warranty extends to all defects and faults known and unknown to the seller; but a special warranty is confined in its operation to the parts or particulars specifically pointed out. A horse may be warranted of such an age ; or, having some defect visible upon his limbs, such as a spavin, or a curb, or a fired leg, of which he does not go lame at the time, that defect may be specified, and...
Page 385 - except" there being every opportunity afforded the (honest) vender of stating what he may know invalidating the warranty, and thereby saving his reputation as well as screening himself from the probability of litigation afterwards. "With respect to what (oral) declarations of the seller will amount to a warranty, the primary rule for the interpretation of contracts in general is applicable. It depends upon the intention of the parties. A simple affirmation of the goodness of an article is a warranty,...
Page 314 - ... extraneous matter that may have insinuated itself into the crack. When the hoof is sufficiently softened, it should be cleansed, examined, and dressed with tincture of myrrh. Select a spot about an inch below the coronet, and with a small gimlet bore a hole through the two edges of the crack, and another one inch above the toe. A straight needle, armed with a strong ligature, is to be passed through the upper holes, brought over and through a second time ; thus closing the two edges of the fissure...
Page 356 - Coleman relates a case, which proves to demonstration the rapid and fatal agency of this cause. " In the expedition to Quiberon, the horses had not been long on board the transports, before it became necessary to shut down the hatchways (we believe for a few hours only) ; the consequence of this was, that some of them were suffocated, and that all the rest were disembarked either glandered or farcied*.
Page 98 - The nerve was then drawn out by the ligature, and one inch and a half of it excised ; and immediately, on only trotting the horse a short distance, such a degree of roaring was occasioned, that, had the exertion been continued, he would soon have fallen. I kept this horse four years ; and...