168 THE VETERINARY SCIENCE. 



Symptoms. — There is a thickening and swelling- of the legs, 

 the hair stands out on the legs, and they are hot and tender, and 

 there is an oily discharge from around the heels,. which has a bad 

 smell in some cases. This is how the disease got its name, grease. 

 When the animal is working the swelling goes down, but comes 

 back again during the night. 



Treatment. — It is hard to effect a complete cure, but you can 

 relieve the animal to a certain extent by giving a physic drench, 

 and powders, same as are mentioned in scratches, to cool and 

 clean the blood, feed on soft food, bathe the legs with warm 

 water and castile soap twice a day ; after bathing rub dry and 

 apply the white lotion with a few drops of carbolic acid in it to 

 destroy the smell, poultice the legs every night with hot bran and 

 linseed meal to soothe and draw the oily stuff out of them. This 

 will generally fix the legs up in good shape for some time. In 

 cases where it is very bad and in the "grapous" stage, and there is 

 little red growths around the heel, which look like a bunch of 

 grapes, burn them off with caustic potash or chlorate of zinc, 

 which is in the form of little sticks. 



SIMPLE ECZEMA. 



This disease is sometimes mistaken for mange, but unlike 

 mange, it is not caused by germs or parasites working in the skin. 

 It is mostly noticed in hot weather, when the animal is fed on 

 very hot food, which heats the blood, such as barley and other 

 hot foods. 



Symptoms. — First there is a dryness in the skin around the 

 head, neck and tail, then little pimples will form, which will break 

 and run a watery-looking fluid. After the animal is brought in 

 from work he will be very itchy and rub himself against the 

 manger until the skin is almost raw. 



Treatment. — You can relieve the disease at the time, but 

 when a horse once becomes affected with this disease it will gen- 

 erally break out every summer afterwards during hot weather. 

 Give the animal a physic drench and powders the same as are 

 mentioned for the treatment of scratches to clean and cool the 

 blood, and rub him twice a day with any of the following washes : 

 Corrosive sublimate, one dram to the pint of rainwater, mix 

 together and shake well before using ; creolin may be used, two 

 tablespoonfuls to the pint of water, mix together and shake well 

 before using ; tincture of iodine may be used, two drams to the 

 pint of water and shake well before using. Of the three receipts 



