Special Report on Diseases of the Horse

Special Report on Diseases of the
Horse, by

United States Department of Agriculture and Leonard Pearson and
Rush Shippen Huidekoper and Ch. B. Michener and W. H. Harbaugh
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Title: Special Report on Diseases of the Horse
Author: United States Department of Agriculture Leonard Pearson
Rush Shippen Huidekoper Ch. B. Michener W. H. Harbaugh
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U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, BUREAU OF ANIMAL
INDUSTRY.

A. D. MELVIN, CHIEF OF BUREAU.
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SPECIAL REPORT
ON
DISEASES OF THE HORSE.
BY
Drs. PEARSON, MICHENER, LAW, HARBAUGH, TRUMBOWER,
LIAUTARD, HOLCOMBE, HUIDEKOPER, MOHLER, EICHHORN,
HALL, AND ADAMS.
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REVISED EDITION, 1916.
[Illustration]
WASHINGTON: GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. 1916.

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE,
Washington, March 30, 1916.
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Transcriber's note: The italic markup for single italized letters are
deleted for easier reading. Minor typos have been corrected and
footnotes moved to the end of the sections.
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This edition of the Special Report on Diseases of the Horse has been
prepared in compliance with House Concurrent Resolution No. 13,

passed February 3, 1916, as follows:
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That
there be printed and bound in cloth one hundred thousand copies of the
Special Report on the Diseases of the Horse, the same to be first
revised and brought to date, under the supervision of the Secretary of
Agriculture; seventy thousand copies for the use of the House of
Representatives and thirty thousand for use of the Senate.
Since the original edition issued by the Department in 1890 several
editions have been printed by order of Congress. The work was
reprinted in 1896, and revised and reprinted in 1903, 1908, and 1911.
In accordance with the foregoing resolution it again has been revised so
as to embody the latest practical development of knowledge of the
subject.
D. F. HOUSTON,
Secretary.

CONTENTS.
Page.
The examination of a sick horse. By Leonard Pearson 7
Fundamental principles of disease. By Rush Shippen Huidekoper 27
Methods of administering medicines. By Ch. B. Michener 44
Diseases of the digestive organs. By Ch. B. Michener 49
Diseases of the respiratory organs. By W. H. Harbaugh 95
Diseases of the urinary organs. By James Law 134
Diseases of the generative organs. By James Law 164

Diseases of the nervous system. By M. R. Trumbower 210
Diseases of the heart, blood vessels, and lymphatics. By M. R.
Trumbower 247
Diseases of the eye. By James Law 274
Lameness. By A. Liautard 298
Diseases of the fetlock, ankle, and foot. By A. A. Holcombe 395
Diseases of the skin. By James Law 458
Wounds and their treatment. By Ch. B. Michener 484
Infectious diseases. By Rush Shippen Huidekoper 507
Shoeing. By John W. Adams 583
Index 607

ILLUSTRATIONS.
PLATES.
Page. PLATE I. Inflammation 32
II. Inflammation 32
III. Digestive apparatus 48
IV. Age of horses as indicated by teeth 58
V. Intestinal worms 92
VI. Bots 92
VII. Position of the left lung 112

VIII. Longitudinal section through kidney 136
IX. Microscopic anatomy of kidney 136
X. Microscopic anatomy of kidney 136
XI. Calculi and instrument for removal 152
XII. Normal presentation 192
XIII. Some factors in difficult labor 192
XIV. Instruments used in difficult labor 192
XV. Abnormal presentations 200
XVI. Abnormal presentations 200
XVII. Abnormal presentations 200
XVIII. Abnormal presentations 200
XIX. The nervous system 216
XX. Interior of chest, showing position of heart and diaphragm 248
XXI. Circulatory apparatus 248
XXII. Diagrammatic vertical section through horse's eye 277
XXIII. Skeleton of horse 304
XXIV. Superficial layer of muscles 304
XXV. Splint 312
XXVI. Ringbone 312
XXVII. Various types of spavin 312

XXVIII. Bone spavin 312
XXIX. Bone spavin 312
XXX. Dislocation of shoulder and elbow, Bourgelat's apparatus 360
XXXI. The sling in use 360
XXXII. Anatomy of foot 400
XXXIII. Anatomy of foot 400
XXXIV. Anatomy and diseases of foot 400
XXXV. Sound and contracted feet 400
XXXVI. Quarter crack and remedies 432
XXXVII. Foundered feet 432
XXXVIII. The skin and its diseases 458
XXXIX. Mites that infest the horse 480
XL. Glanders 544
XLI. Glanders 544
XLII. Glanders 544
TEXT FIGURES.
Page. FIG. 1. Ground surface of a right fore hoof of the "regular" form
590
2. Pair of fore feet of regular form in regular standing