G4 the diseases of the horse. 



ble quarters. Flannels soaked with hot oil and alkaline 

 solutions, kept on for 1 or 2 hours, for stiffness and swell- 

 ing. Then soap liniment. Light work. If mild reme- 

 dies fail, apply cantharides ointment. Actual cautery 

 sometimes required in chronic articular (joint) rheumatism. 

 No bleeding. (For doses, see pages 13 to 29.) Actual cau- 

 tery means the application of a red hot iron. 



BARRENNESS. 



Remedy. — Change diet and surroundings. Exercise. 

 Alteratives ; potassium iodide ; phosphorus and canthar- 

 ides, small doses. Gradual reducing of fat, plethoric sub- 

 jects. Good diet and tonics for debilitated. Dilate os 

 uteri if it be impervious. Change male. (For doses, see 

 pages 13 to 29.) The f os uteri' is the mouth of the 

 womb. 



DROPSIES, 



Says Percivall, may arise from general or local plethora, 

 obstructed circulation, deficient absorption, or a thin or 

 watery condition of the blood. They are either external 

 or internal, acute or chronic. External dropsy is a col- 

 lection of watery fluid in the cellular membrane beneath 

 the skin. In internal dropsy the fluid fills the cavities 

 of the body — the chest, belly, head, &c. 



Dropsy is the result of vascular (vessel) disturbance. 

 Vascular disturbance is therefore the exciting cause of 

 dropsy; debility is the predisposing cause. 



" Turned out " horses are often dropsical. They ex- 

 change a warm atmosphere for a cold and moist one, a 

 generous for a low diet, and sometimes wholesome for 

 unwholesome water. 



