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and perspiration much obstructed ; tlie Horse 

 becomes remaikably thirsty, attended with 

 emaciation of the whole body ; to these symp- 

 toms may be added, a dull heavy appearance, 

 and sometimes a cough. 



In some cases the water oozes out through 

 the pores of the skin, and you will see the hair, 

 which, at that time of year (spring and fall,) is 

 rather longer than at other periods, covered 

 with the fluid thus effused. 



This disease may be brought on by all the 

 causes of the last named ; but here I should 

 say debility to be the chief cause, and that 

 frequently from bleeding too much. It is very 

 frequent in the spring and fall of the year, 

 when Horses are weak from moulting. 



When the disease is partial, it is not so 

 difficult to cure, as when it has become gene- 

 ral ; however, we must proceed to rouse the 

 system, by giving tonics, and those I have 

 found most successful, have been the follow- 



ma: : — 



Take Cantharides - - 

 Sulphate of iron 

 Sulphate of copper - 

 Gentian _ _ _ 



Mustard - - - 

 Ginger _ - _ 



Mix and form into a mass with soft 

 soap. 



1 dram. 

 2oz. 



2 do. 

 4 do. 



3 do. 

 3 do. 



Divide into twenty-four balls. Give one 

 every morning. 



If the swellings have become considerable, 

 puncture them with a middle-sized phleme, 

 or lancet, in several places, and evacuate the 

 fluid. 



Great care must be taken in keeping the 

 Horse warm, clothe him well, and well dress 

 him, mornuig and night, by w hich means you 



will open the exhalants of the skin, and greatly 

 relieve him. You must also be attentive with 

 feeding, to give the most nutritious food pos- 

 sible ; oats, with beans, malt, and occasion- 

 ally a few carrots. When the weather will 

 permit you, let him have e.xercise, with cloth- 

 ing on ; it will determine blood to the skin, 

 and give him great relief, always remember 

 ing to put on him after you have dressed him, 

 a dry cloth. You then can dry the one you 

 exercised him in, wliich \'\ ill serve for the dry 

 one next time. Do not forg-et to banda<re his 

 legs well with neiv flannel bandages. If the 

 Horse should not be in that debilitated state 

 as above described, give him, in addition to 

 the above medicine, two or three times u 

 week, at night time ; 



Aloes, Cape - - 12 drams. 

 Nitre - - - 12 do. 



Resin - - - 12 do. 



Mix and divide into six balls. 



SWELLED LEGS. 



Swelled legs is a very prevalent disease of 

 the Horse, principally affecting the hind legs, 

 or only one of the hind legs ; the fore legs 

 also are not exempt from this affection. It 

 arises from various causes, but the one I have 

 now to speak of, is occasioned by a deposition 

 of fluid in the cellular membrane of the limbs, 

 commonly in their lower parts, below the 

 knee to the hoof. The disease, if suffered to 

 increase, the skin cracks, and ultimately tll^- 

 charges pus, and then it falls under the head 

 grease ; for the remedies see that diseas-e. 

 This disease may be brought on either by 

 poverty, wet straw-yards, especially where 

 the Horse has not been fed well, but on the 

 outsides of hay-stacks or that musty bad 



