182 THE DISEASES OF THE HORSE. 



as already explained on page 142. The cheeks will heal 

 without aid, but an ounce of alum in a quart of water is 

 a good wash for them. 



SADDLE-GALLS, SITFASTS, WARBLES, TU- 

 MOR ON THE ELBOW. 



These injuries are caused by pinching of the harness- 

 pad, girths, or collar, bad-fitting or overweighted saddles, 

 &c. If they. are neglected or exposed to further injury, 

 they either turn to abscesses or subside into smaller tu- 

 mors and are indisposed to undergo further change, though 

 they are sometimes carried off by suppuration. Percivall 

 says that when a bad-fitting saddle has been kept on too 

 long and evil results are expected, that it should be al- 

 lowed to remain on the back till the horse is perfectly 

 cool. 



Cure saddle-gall by removal of cause. Bathe and cleanse 

 once a day; hot water if suppurating. Antiseptic dress- 

 ings. Swollen fatty follicles reduced with soap liniment; 

 in chronic cases foment and lance. 



Fig. 61. Sitfast. 



Sitfast is "a part of a horse's back turned horny." To 

 use another simile, repeated injury by the saddle causes 

 the formation of horny excrescences resembling corns of 

 the human foot. The sitfast acquires a well defined bor- 

 der. In many instances the skin withdraws from around 



