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and warm clothing will also assist greatly in restoring the functions of 

 the skin, which in all cases of debility are much impaired. 



517. Swelled legs. 



We shall close this Chapter with a few remarks on Swelled Legs, the 

 form in which dropsical effusions are most commonly met with in the 

 horse. 



Swelled legs are more often due to debility than to any other cause. 

 The watery fluid collects in these limbs mainly on account of their depen- 

 dent position, and partly on account of the difficulty which the blood 

 finds in mounting up against gravity, and perhaps in some degree also 

 from the parts being further removed from the centre of circulation. 

 This disease, as we might expect, is most common in underbred horses, 

 because in them the circulation is always less strong than in better bred 

 animals. 



Acute cases, in which the legs swell up very suddenly and sometimes 

 to a size several times larger than their normal state, are often traceable 

 to exposure of the animal, especially if exhausted, to wet or cold. Such 

 exposure very readily produces imperfect action of the skin, bowels, and 

 kidneys. 



In animals predisposed to this disease, want of exercise, even for a 

 single day, by impairing the tone of the muscles and circulation, and 

 also by decreasing the secretions of the skin, will often bring on an 

 attack. 



Hand-rubbing, bandages to the legs, especially in old horses, warm 

 clothing to the body, a little gentle exercise, and in some cases a mild 

 dose of physic constitute the best treatment. Half an ounce of nitre, 

 which will act as a slight diuretic, may be given occasionally with benefit 

 to horses predisposed to this complaint. If the animal is poor, a 

 generous diet is essential. Vegetable and mineral tonics may also be 

 given with advantage. (See par. 304.) 



CHAPTER 29. 

 GLANDERS AND FARCY. 



518. Intimate connection between Glanders and Farcy. 519. Causes. 

 520. Propagation of Glanders and Farcy by infection and contagion. 521. 

 Difference in the primary seat of Glanders and Farcy. 521 a. Glanders 

 and Farcy. Acute and Chronic. 522. Symptoms of Farcy. 523. Treat- 

 ment of Farcy. 524. Diseases sometimes mistaken for Farcy, Lymphangitis 

 or Weed, etc. 525. Symptoms of Glanders. 526. Chancre of Glanders. 

 527. Treatment of Glanders. 528. Suspicious cases. 529. Diseases some- 



