120 TKEATMENT OF DISEASES f 



The medicines which have proved most successful in my practice 

 are as follows : 



Iodide of Potass 4 ounces. 



Fluid Extract of Stillingia 1 pound. 



Dose : two ounces daily, in the form of a drench. 



The region of the throat should be rubbed daily with a portion of 

 the following : 



Spirits of Camphor 6 ounces. 



Diluted Acet. Acid 12 " 



Mix. 



SURFEIT. 



Surfeit somewhat resembles the nettle-rash of children. Tumors, 

 varying in size, suddenly appear in various parts of the body and 

 limbs ; they create an intolerable itching sensation, and when punc- 

 tured, a watery fluid escapes. 



Surfeit is usually the result of derangement of the digestive 

 organs. 



Treatment. — Make a sloppy bran-mash and add to it one ounce 

 of powdered podophyllum, and four drachms of powdered nitre ; in 

 short, any medicine of an alterative character is indicated, and I 

 know of no better alterative than that manufactured by Lord & 

 Smith, of Chicago, known as the American Magnetic Horse Pow- 

 ders. Their Magnetic Lotion is also a suitable external application, 

 for this disease. A small portion of it should be applied twice daily, 

 by means of a sponge. 



lERYSIPELAS. 



Erysipelas is known by the eruption of inflammatory, nodulous 

 swellings, usually appearing about the head and limbs. The swell- 

 ings are generally hard, hot, and painful ; sometimes they become 

 purple and spotted, and sloughings supervene. The disease often 

 occurs in consequence of an impoverished state of the blood. 



Treatment. — Pure air and nutritive food are indicated, and the 

 medicinal treatment is the same as for surfeit. 



ON THE NERVOUS SYSTEM OF THE HORSE. 



"What provokes Muscular Action. The influence which pro- 

 vokes muscular action is brought to them by the nervous threads or 

 filaments — termed nerve threads. These are distributed amongst the 

 muscular fibres in all parts of tho body ; and on the external sur- 

 face of the body and extremities they are very minute and delicate, 

 which accounts for the sensitive condition of the skin, nose, feet and 

 ears of the horse. A knowledge of these facts should operate to 



