48 GBEASE OB SCRATCHES. 



the deep clefts, which occur, and gradually extending 

 out over the surface, fungi spring up, which are un- 

 healthy vegetations and are highly sensitive, readily 

 bleeding at the slightest touch, and interspersed with 

 scabs. Gradually these vegetations are covered with 

 crusts or a horny substance, protruding in the form 

 of knots, and collected together in bunches, termed 

 GRAPES. A fetid and peculiar exhalation arises from 

 almost the whole of this unnatural substance. The 

 horse suffers much, and is gradually worn down by 

 the unnatural drain. 



CAUSES. Almost invariably the disease may be 

 traced to want of proper care and attendance, permit- 

 ing the horse to stand for days in his own litter, or his 

 legs covered with mud ; irregular worl$ ? legs much 

 exposed to wet and mud; or working in water; add 

 to this a tendency in some animals and families of 

 horses to this disease. In these cases the tendency 

 to the ulcerative form is very strong. 



TREATMENT. Regard must be had to cleanliness 

 and diet. Remove the hair from the sores, and 

 cleanse them well with soap and water. In bad cases 

 the application of a bran poultice as noticed on 

 page 28, cleanses them beautifully. Keep the 

 legs as dry as possible. Feed with relaxing or green 

 food, bran-mashes, and less stimulating food, espec- 

 ially in the early stage, and give fifteen drops of the 

 Specific for ERUPTIONS I, I, each morning and night 

 If the horse is hot, feverish, or restless, give the Spe- 

 cific for FEVER, A A, between times a dose each 

 foreoon and afternoon. Keep the limb as free 

 from dirt as possible, if the horse is not worked, 



