CRAMP IN HORSES.
Cramps in the muscles are caused by rheumatism. This is produced by disordered blood, which affects the condition of the muscular fibres. The remedy consists in changing the condition of the blood by proper medicine. Give 11b of Epsom salts and repeat it the third day twice. Then give loz of hyposulphite of soda daily for a month. When the horse is troubled with the cramps, rub the limbs with alcohol and then vvitli a rough cloth very briskly for 15 minutes. Feed no corn, but oats steeped in hot water, and a quart of- linseed meal once a day, also steeped over night in water.
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Patea Mail, 1 February 1882, Page 3
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109CRAMP IN HORSES. Patea Mail, 1 February 1882, Page 3
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