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giving the latter ; but in cases where the animal is 

 much debilitated, diuretics with the above pulp will 

 be preferable. It will also be necessary to attend 

 carefully to the feeding of horses at this time. Green 

 meat will be found the best, and carrots are still 

 better, and a very moderate quantity of corn, so that 

 the tendency to fever may be kept down. The next 

 essential is proper exercise, and care must be taken 

 not to overdo it ; and when the animal has been 

 walked for some days, he may be afterwards exercised 

 at a gentle trot. 



There is a much worse kind of grease than that 

 which we have just described and prescribed for, 

 although it is not so common. In this species the 

 ulceration spreads over the skin of the heel and the 

 entire fetlock, and a highly sensitive fungus protrudes 

 from both, mixed with scales : it is irritable in the 

 extreme, and bleeds on the slightest touch. In a 

 short time this fungus assumes a covering of a horny 

 texture, projecting in the form of knobs and in con- 

 gregated bunches, which, from their peculiar similarity 

 to grapes, have acquired that name. From the entire 

 surface of this callous substance issues a discharge 

 of a peculiar fetid matter. In this complaint the 

 horse suffers great pain and uneasiness, and quickly 

 loses flesh. It would not be safe for any one but a 

 veterinary surgeon to attempt a cure for this loathsome 

 complaint. 





