SKIN DISEASES, ETC 



CRACKED HEELS. 



The horse is very hable to suffer from irritation in this 

 region especially if the ground is sloppy, such as happens after 

 a thaw. Washing the lower part of the hmbs, yet faihng to dry 

 them thoroughly, is probably one of the most frequent causes 

 of cracked heel. 



(i) Preventive, — Treatment. If the heels are washed, see 

 that they are made quite dry, then bandaged, and not exposed 

 to any draught. 



(2) Medicinal. — Allow a few days' rest, and apply the white 

 lotion night and morning. Give a diuretic ball, and keep the 

 bowels open with sloppy bran and Unseed mashes. 



PSORIASIS. 



This is a skin disease attacking the flexor surfaces (especi- 

 ally) of the knee and hock joints, and vulgarty known under 

 the names of mallenders and sallenders. It is a chronic inflam- 

 matory condition of the skin denoted by the loss of hair 

 (animals;, and the assumption of a dry and scurfy appearance. 



Treatment. — Give plenty of good food, such as bruised 

 beans, spht peas, crushed oats, etc. Internally, add half to one 

 ounce of Fowler's solution of arsenic to the drinking water, night 

 and mornmg, and rub the sores with chrysophanic acid night 

 and morning for fifteen minutes. Several weeks or months 

 may elapse before the disease shows signs of being eradicated. 



PURPURA. 



This disease — usually known as purpura harmorrhagica — 

 occasionally attacks the horse, more particularly after it has 



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