HORSES. I4t 



similar manner. A piece of leather should be laid over the 

 sole, and the whole foot so bound up with strong^ bandages that 

 the applications may not be displaced. 



Gigs ; little tumors, or bladders, filled with matter, fonnd 

 in the mouths of horses. The cure is effected by slitting them 

 open, and then washing them with salt and vinegar. 



Glanders ; usually called the horse distemper. It is al- 

 ways accompanied with a discharge of matter from the nos- 

 trils, and a swelling of the glands under the throat and tongue. 

 When the bones in that part become carious, it is generally 

 incurable ; and this may be know n by the bad smell which is 

 produced in such cases. Gibson, in his treatise on farriery, 

 for this disease, while in its first stages, recommends, to make 

 use of purges, diaphoretic ks, and rowelling in the hinder parta. 

 Rowelling in the breast is thought will answer the same pur- 

 pose. 



A disease of ^he nature of a cholic, wuth hoises, and with 

 which also horned cattle are sometim'es troubled. It general^ 

 ly proceeds from wind pent up in the stomach, or bowels, and 

 is caused by a. high statG of costivsnesS. :Iiorse>j have bee?? 

 known to have the dung within them so hard and dry, that it 

 could not be voided without assistance by clearing it out by 

 the hand. After it has in this way been cleared out, clysters 

 are to be administered, which will open the passage, and of 

 course give vent to the wind. 



Hyde-boUxNd. This often happens when horses are poorly 

 kept, and badly used. In this the animal grows poor, his skin 

 sticks to his ribs, and small boils break out on his back. A 

 method of treatment opposite to that which the horse has re- 

 ceived, will generally restore him ; that is, keep and feed him 

 well, work him moderately, and Icoson his skin by oiling it, 

 and using the curry-comb frequently, but not too harshly. 



Lampas. These are vulgarly called lampers. It is an ex- 

 crescence in the roof of tlie mouth of a horse, which hinders 

 him from feeding. Youn^- horses arc most liable :c it. It is 

 cured by applying a hot iron, ma-e for the purpose, to the 

 swollen parts. Care must be taken not to penetrate so deep 

 as to scale the bone that hes unc'er the upper bans of th^ 

 mouth, for this would be v-ny injurious. 



Poll-evil. This is an impost tumor on the poll of a horse. 

 At first it requires no other method of cure than is proper for 

 boils and inflamed tumors ; but it sometimes, from neglect or 

 mismanagement, becomes a sinuous ulcer. In that case, the 

 matter is apt to lodge in a small sinus v/hich is under the poll 

 bone, unless care be taken t« keep the part firm with a band. 



