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ing ball will be beneficial : Barbadoes aloes, 5 drams, 

 ginger, 2 drams. As soon as the cathartic action of this 

 medicine has passed off, give the following ball three 

 times a day : iodide of potash, 1 dram, calomel, 20 grains, 

 gentian, 2 drams, to be continued for several days. Al- 

 low as much water as the animal will take. The food 

 should be given rather sparingly, and flax-seed tea made 

 as follows, will be a valuable adjunct : Boil a half a pint 

 of flax-seed in a gallon of water for 15 minutes, and give 

 as much as the animal will take. The administration of 

 DR. HEARD'S CONDITION POWDERS will be found very bene- 

 ficial. Apply a small quantity of HEARD'S AMERICAN EM- 

 BROCATION to the affected limb, over which should be 

 placed a woolen bandage, this to be continued twice a 

 day until the skin is slightly roughened. Then band- 

 age loosely, without the EMBROCATION for a few days, 

 when, if the animal is still lame, the treatment with the 

 EMBROCATION should be repeated. 



LYMPHANGITIS. INFLAMMATORY (EDEMA. 

 WEED. MONDAY MORNING DISEASE. 



This is a peculiar disease, which has several well 

 marked characteristics. Common bred horses are the 

 most liable to it. It is usually caused by standing a 

 day or two in the stable after an extra hard week's work. 

 This characteristic is so prominent that it has been 

 named Monday morning disease. It may occur, how- 

 ever, in horses that have had no exercise for several 

 days, and that have had a liberal allowance of food 

 while restin The hind limbs are much more frequent- 

 ly attacked by the prominent local symptom, than are the 

 fore limbs, and the left hind limb more frequently than 



