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scurf, or fluid of a reddish color; the skin in other 

 places is warmer than in health ; the hair is rough 

 and unthrifty; the legs are perhaps swelled, and 

 the horse becomes dull and weak. 



In the second form, there appear upon the skin 

 many small and hard, or large and flat lumps or 

 swellings, which go away as quickly as they come. 

 They may come over the whole body or only on the 

 neck, quarters, sides, and shoulders. In other re- 

 spects the animal seems well. 



TREATMENT. Give the Specific for ERUPTIONS, I, 

 I, fifteen drops each morning, and fifteen drops of 

 the Specific for INDIGESTION, J J, each night. A 

 few doses will generally cure, 



Tumors, Swellings. 



Any unusual or morbid growth or enlargement 

 may be termed a Tumor, and when one is found upon 

 any part of an animal, care should be taken to ascer- 

 tain, if possible, its nature and cause. They are var- 

 iously named, according to their locality and the na- 

 ture of their contents. 



Sometimes they are globular or conical, or again 

 flattened, or again pedunculated, (having a neck). 

 Some are quite firm and hard, others spongy, and 

 others contain fluid. 



The principal varieties are abdominal tumor, which 

 extends along the abdomen, and should not be con- 

 founded with dropsy or with pregnancy. 



2\imor of the chest \ which in case of the horse, is 

 situated over the heart, is about the size of a fist, and 

 is hot and painful. (See Antichor). 



