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Poll Evil, and Fistulous Withers, 



and in the treatment of them the horse is often tortured 

 to a dreadful extent A better mode of management has, 

 however, been introduced; setons are passed through the 

 most dependent parts; no collection of sanious fluid is per- 

 mitted to exist, and milder stimulants are applied to the 

 surface of the ulcer. 



An Abscess 



of a peculiar character is found between the branches of 

 the lower jaw in young horses. It is preceded by some 

 degree of fever. It is usually slow in its progress, but at 

 length it attains a considerable size, including the whole of 

 the cellular tissue in that neighborhood. There is one 

 uniform mass of tumefaction. This is 



Strangles. 



It seems to be an effort of Nature to get rid of something 

 that oppresses the constitution, and the treatment of it is 

 now simple and effectual It is encouraged by fomentations 

 and blisters. It is punctured as soon as the fluctuation of a 

 fluid within it can be fairly detected; the puss speedily es- 

 capes, and there is an end of the matter. 



Farcy. 



While the arterial capillaries are engaged in building up 

 the frame, the absorbents are employed in removing that 

 which is not only useless, but would be poisonous and de- 

 structive. They take up the matter of glanders and of every 

 ulcerating surface, and they are occasionally irritated, in- 

 flamed, and ulcerated, from the acrimonious nature of the 

 poison which they carry; the absorbents are furnished with 

 numerous valves; the fluid is for awhile arrested by them, 

 and there the inflammation is greatest, and ulceration takes 

 place. This is the history of the farcy-cords and buds. 

 Farcy is a highly contagious disease, whether or not it be 

 connected with glanders. It, however, occasionally admits 

 of cure, from the application of the cautery to the buds, 

 and the administration of the corrosive sublimate or the sul- 

 phate of iron internally. 



The skin of the horse is subject to various diseases 

 Large pimples or lumps suddenly appear on it, and after re- 

 maining a few days, the cuticle peels oflj and a circular scaly 

 spot is left This is called 



