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accompanied with fever, which in a short time passes off. In a 

 few days the heat, pain and swelling will diminish a little, and the 

 horse will move more freely, but will, in most cases, retain a 

 " thick leg " for life. Fomentations of warm water should be ap- 

 plied to relieve heat, tension and pain ; to be followed in a few 

 days with broad bandages tightl}' rolled round the limb. Give 

 soft feed, such as cut mess, bran and green food. As soon as the 

 animal can move the leg, he may be put to slow work. 

 ^ Madness. — A disease produced by the bite of a mad dog. 

 (See Hydrophobia.) 



Mad Staggers. — An affection of the brain. (See Staggers.) 



Maggots. — These are sometimes seen in neglected wounds and 

 sores, in warm weather. To remove them apply equal parts of 

 creosote and olive oil, or a solution of corrosive sublimate. 



Malignant. — A term applied to diseases of a fatal character, as 

 glanders, for instance. Why the term malignant should not be 

 applied to such diseases as locked-jaw and inflammation of the 

 bowels, which are so often fatal, is one of the inexplicables of 

 medical nosology or terminology, not easily for me to understand. 



Malignant Epidemic. — English writers tell us that a malignant 

 epidemic has attacked horses on the European continent. In- 

 fluenza is a disease from which scarcely one per cent, should die 

 when scientifically and intelligently treated; but by bleeding, 

 blistering, physicking, and low diet, a really simple and non-fatal 

 disease is at once converted into a fatal and malignant epidemic. 



Mallenders. — A term used by old books and horse doctors, to 

 designate a scaly condition of the skin back of the leg and opposite 

 to the knee. A term which certainly, to say the least, should long 

 ago have been blotted out of all the books, as vague, uncertain, 

 unmeaning. 



This scaly eruption is the result of dryness of the skin of the 

 back part of the leg, where the greatest and almost constant move- 

 ment of the joint is going on. The same condition is seen on the 

 face of some joints, and in others on the back, from the constant 

 mobility of the parts. 



Who has not seen scruffy or scaly heels of horses ending with 

 scratches? (See Skin Diseases.) 



Mange. — This is a disease of the skin, and is caused by a small 



