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- From: Stovall@f88.n106.z1.fidonet.org (Stovall)
- Sender: Jpunix@urchin.fidonet.org
- Path: sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!menudo.uh.edu!jpunix!urchin!Jpunix
- Newsgroups: rec.equestrian
- Subject: blistering, bleeding...
- Message-ID: <725718644.AA08527@urchin.fidonet.org>
- Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 00:00:02 -0500
- Lines: 28
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- CH>AI think your claim that blistering a horse is ccruelty is ait harsh.
- CH>Whethe or not there is any scientific merit in this therappy, does
- CH>nt mean that man people consider it to be of great beneefit...
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- If you think blistering is beneficial and not cruel, next time you
- sprain your ankle, swab it down with 7% Iodine, bandage it up for a
- couple of days and see how it feels. If you're real curious, you
- don't have to wait 'til you sprain your ankle.
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- CH>I know at least 1 person who stronny believes in th benefits of
- CH>bleedinng horses and continues to use this method in the treatme of
- CH>colic. He claims good success...
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- Does he use leeches? An 18 gauge in the jugular? An ice pick? An axe?
- ("I dunno what killed her, she was gettin' over the belly ache just fine
- when she laid down an' died...")
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- CH>... so even though there is no scientific mer in bleeding horses
- CH>who should stop him?
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- The nearest law enforcement officer.
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- Tom Stovall
- AFA Journeyman Farrier
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