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November 27, 1876
The Charlotte Democrat
Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
What is this article about?
Veterinary advice for treating heaves in horses by correcting feeding, watering, and working habits; maintaining a cool, clean stable; specific diet of oats or ground feed daytime and timothy or straw at night; gentle exercise; and Glauber salts for costiveness.
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OCR Quality
98%
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Heaves in Horses.
In heaves the great point is to correct any faults in feeding, watering and working. Keep the patient in a cool, clean, well-aired stable; feed sound oats or ground feed morning and noon, without any hay or straw, but at night a few pounds of well-cured timothy, or better, straw may be given after the grain; do not put to work for at least an hour after any meal, and let exercise be gentle for the first half hour; never overdrive; if there is any tendency to costiveness give daily two or three ounces of Glauber salts, more or less, as may be necessary to keep them easy. Without such careful management, all other measures will prove unavailing, and this care alone may be sufficient to check the disease in its early stages.
In heaves the great point is to correct any faults in feeding, watering and working. Keep the patient in a cool, clean, well-aired stable; feed sound oats or ground feed morning and noon, without any hay or straw, but at night a few pounds of well-cured timothy, or better, straw may be given after the grain; do not put to work for at least an hour after any meal, and let exercise be gentle for the first half hour; never overdrive; if there is any tendency to costiveness give daily two or three ounces of Glauber salts, more or less, as may be necessary to keep them easy. Without such careful management, all other measures will prove unavailing, and this care alone may be sufficient to check the disease in its early stages.
What sub-type of article is it?
Medical Curiosity
What themes does it cover?
Recovery
What keywords are associated?
Heaves
Horses
Veterinary Advice
Stable Management
Horse Diet
Glauber Salts
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Story Details
Correct faults in feeding, watering, and working; keep in cool, clean, well-aired stable; feed oats or ground feed morning and noon without hay or straw, timothy or straw at night after grain; avoid work for an hour after meals, gentle exercise first half hour, never overdrive; give Glauber salts for costiveness; such management may check disease early.