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evjl, fistula, &c. ; the whole series of those diseases 

 are of the same nature, but differing principally as to 

 situation, which some times affects ibe disease mainly. 

 In this case, for example, the swelling sometimes 

 ascends along the throat, and goes nigh to choke the 

 patient; recourse must be had immediately to poulti- 

 ces, and let these be changed twice a day. 



GREASE is another of the diseases that take their 

 rise in a tardy circulation of the blood, and consequent 

 indisposition to take up and carry back again to the 

 heart ;hat which has been sent into the extremities for 

 their nourishment and renovation, caused by colds or 

 sudden transitions and exposures. 



Sijmptoms. — First perceptible by a swelling at the 

 heels, mostly of the hind legs. This is occasioned by 

 local inflammation, and is soon followed by a slight 

 issue of greasy matter, whence its name ; but it is 

 sometimes more watery, ichorous, and offensive, 

 which will depend principally on the constitutional 

 health of the patient. The swelling sometimes ex- 

 tends much higher than the fetlock jomt, even towards 

 the hoof, and occasions stiffness of the limb and indis- 

 position to move. He cannot lie down, by reason of 

 the unbending nature of his joints, and therefore 

 stands to sleep, which renders the disorder more vir- 

 ulent by the accession of fresh matter to the part : the 

 skin cracks at various places, and ulceration ensues. 

 The hair sticks out like furze, the discharge is darker 

 than originally, is thin, acrid, corroding, and slink- 

 ing- 



Remedy. — The Grease is one of those disorders a- 



bout which we should em.ploy our ingenuity, in preven- 

 tion rather than cure. It being produced entirely by 

 inactivity, it seems clear that exercise would be the 

 best preventive of it ; and a horse should also be kept 

 dry and clean at his hee]s, after work, and rubbed 

 industriously. The hair on the heels of heavy horses 

 should not be cut off. But to the cure. 



In slight attacks, a wash made of a solution of al- 

 um, as given below, will correct the disposition to 

 grease, and a dose of physic set all to rights in a short 



