INDEX OF DISEASES. 



ABSCESS OF THE BRAIN is caused by some injury to the head. 



Symptoms. Refuses food; acts dull; a slight oozing from a trivial in- 

 jury upon the skull ; the animal is prostrated and wliile lying down con- 

 tinues to knock his head against the ground violently until death ensues. 



Treatment. No treatment is of any service. 



ABDOMINAL DROPSY is usually the result of chronic inflam- 

 mation of the bowels. 



Symptoms. Head hanging; mouth dry; membranes look pale ; pulse 

 hard. If the horse turns about suddenly the act will elicit a grunt. 

 Pressure on the abdomen will cause him to groan. A lack of spirits; 

 lies down constantly if left to himself; is restless, thirsty, no appetite; 

 is weak, abdomen er"!r.rged yet the horse quite thin in flesh, hide-bound, 

 and constipated. One of the legs and the sheath are sometimes swelled. 



Treatment. Begin the treatment as soon as you can decide as to the 

 nature of the disease. Give^ night and morning, 20 grs. extract of bella- 

 donna, 10 grs. sulphate of quinine, 35 grs. iodide of iron, h gi'- strychnia. 

 Mix, and give at each dose. Mix 5 ozs. tincture of iodine and 2 ozs. 

 croton oil and apply a little to a portion of the abdomen by rubbing down 

 to the skin and shifting to a different location when the skin becomes 

 sore. Some cases are incurable. 



BOTS, The stomach seems to be the natural nursery for the protec- 

 tion and the propagation of the stom.ach bot. When the eggs have 

 remained in the stomach for a year they become a perfect chrysalij 

 (that is the form of a butterfly before it reaches the v/inged state) and 

 then they release their hold of the stomach and are expelled with the 

 dung It will be provided with wings in a short time, and will fly about 

 commencing the propagation of its species which passes through the 

 same period of incubation. 



