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joint. Sometimes the scabs are dry, at other times 

 watery. The moist sort generally is cured by drying 

 applications ; and the dry hard sort mostly yields to 

 strong mercurial ointment. 



Coach horses of a large size, that have their legs 

 loaded with flesh, hair, &c., are more frequently attacked 

 by this than horses with legs of a different description ; 

 but they may easily be cured by paying attention to the 

 following directions — in the first place, ride the horse 

 pretty smartly till he is warm, which will make the 

 veins swell ; then bleed him freely in the fetlock veins 

 on both sides. Next day wash the sores well with warm 

 water, and clip away all the hair from about the affected 

 parts, and apply this ointment : green copperas and ver- 

 digris, of each four ounces ; of common honey, half a 

 pound ; well mixed together. 



ANTICOR 



Consists in an inflamed swelling of the breast near 

 the heart, and the name is extended to any other swelling 

 from this part back under the belly, even to the sheath, 

 which also swells : in this event anticor is decidedly 

 dropsical. 



The cause of it is full feeding without sufficient exer- 

 cise. Hard riding or driving, and subsequent exposure, 

 or giving cold water to animals that are fleshy in the 

 forehand, combined with a vitiated state qf the blood, 

 produce those extended swellings that partake somewhat 

 of the nature of swelled limb in grease, and yet ter- 

 minate in abscess when the case is a bad one. 



The symptoms are an enlargement of the breast, that 

 threatens suffocation. The animal appears stiff about 

 the neck, looks dull and drooping, refuses his food, and 

 trembles or shivers with the inflammation, which may 



