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adapted to popular instruction and domestic use. As some dis- 

 eases have more than one common name, a few references are all 

 that may be necessary to find the particular disease wanted. In 

 every disease the treatment I have first recommended should be 

 tried ; and if it be not successful, the next in order will be taken. 

 Also begin with the smallest dose, increasing, diminishing, or 

 withdrawing it altogether, as the case seems to require. I do not 

 think it necessary to quote authorities to substantiate what is said 

 in regard to this or that medicine as a remedy, as the plans and 

 remedies are those employed by the profession. 



Abrasion signifies to tear ofi*, and is applied to the skin when 

 it has been rubbed or torn off, and to the lining membranes of the 

 nose. The treatment will be found under that of bleeding wounds. 



Abscess. — This is also called, by some persons, a heeling — a 

 formation of matter or pus under the skin, as the result of inflam- 

 mation, either acute or chronic. Sometimes abscess in bone is 

 seen, also of the liver and the brain ; and, indeed, no part o^* tissue 

 of an animal is exempt from it. 



Symptoms. — Pain, heat and swelling ; a projection or prominence 

 on the swelling from which the hair falls ofi", disclosing a yellow, 

 white and soft part upon its apex. In a common abscess of this 

 kind, it will only be necessary to hasten the formation of the pus 

 by applying poultices of flaxseed or some other soft substance to 

 the part, and when the point is soft and evidently contains fluid, 

 make an opening on its lowest dependent point with a sharp knife, 

 so that the discharge will flow out of itself, and then apply: 



Rain Water, 1 ounce. 



Chloride of Zinc, . * . . 6 grains. 

 Mix and apply to the wound twice a day. 



It is not advisable to open an abscess too soon, or before the pui 

 has properly formed. (See articles on Strangles and Fistula.) 



Acari. — (See Mange.) 



Accidents. — When a horse falls whilst drawing a vehicle — 



1. Jump down and hold the animal's head, to prevent his dash- 

 ing it about to his own injury. 



2. Loosen the check-rein (if you are so foolish as to use one) and 

 ^e parts of the harness which fasten on the vehicle. 



