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The treatment should be directed towards the cause 

 and its effect, therefore limit the feed, give a purgative, 

 aloes preferably, to remove the accumulated waste pro- 

 ducts which have in the form of lymph escaped more or 

 less into the tissues, and if left there may coagulate and 

 thus give the chronic thickening so often a result of this 

 disease. Bathe the limb with warm water, thus reliev- 

 ing the tension and pain, better not to bleed; hand rub 

 and bandage the limb when the inflammation is subsid- 

 ing, and if the swelling is slow to depart, the use of 

 iodides under the veterinarian's direction will often prove 

 satisfactory. It is a good plan to suspect farcy in cases 

 where the hind limbs swell, especially if the animal has 

 been properly fed. 



Azoturia is the oftentimes fatal result of good feed and 

 lack of exercise, probably most common in the spring 

 time, in farmers' horses; in cities appearing after a day 

 or so enforced rest, due to holidays or storms; it is far 

 more serious in city horses than country ones, owing to 

 the fact of the steady, heavy feeding of grain and heavy 

 work the town animal is subjected to. Percherons and 

 their grades are said to be more liable than other breeds, 

 due probably to their easier keeping qualities; in some 

 cases exposure to cold may have caused the disease? The 

 name azoturia, meaning an abnormal amount of nitroge- 

 nous matter in the urine, is rather misleading, as such a 

 condition is not present at the beginning of this disease, 

 what does occur is an increase in the number of red 

 blood corpuscles, sometimes being present in twice the 

 natural (normal) quantity, which are destroyed, thrown 

 into the blood, and act as a poison; whatever the term used 



