EMBROCATION — ENZOOTIC DISEASES 



named Elliot, who carried on business in the Lambeth Road, 

 and was patented by him in 1804. It revolutionised the 

 art of carriage-building more than any development which 

 had gone before or has happened since. It is composed of 

 laminated steel plates in the elliptical form, and is in such 

 general use that it requires no further explanation here. 

 Previous to this invention it was only possible to make 

 heavy perch carriages. Its introduction, however, gave un- 

 limited scope for the ingenuity of the trade, and the result 

 is the vast number of light four- and two-wheel vehicles which 

 constitute the present means of locomotion, both for private 

 and commercial vehicles. (See Perch.) 



Embrocation. — See Liniments. 



Emetics are thrown away on horses for they are usually 

 unable to vomit ; consequently emetics only produce nausea. 



Enemas are the large syringes with nozzles of 12 inches 

 long and capable of holding a quart or more of fluid, which 

 are used for injecting either plain warm water or a pre- 

 scribed mixture into the bowels of a horse in cases of con- 

 stipation, fever, or inflammation. About 2| quarts of fluid 

 is the amount required for a full-sized animal, and it should 

 be of about 100 degrees temperature. One of the patient's 

 feet should be held up, and then the nozzle of the enema, which 

 should previously have been coated with oil or grease, gently 

 inserted into the rectum and pushed well up before the fluid 

 is discharged into the intestines. (See Injections.) 



Enlargements of the bone are chiefly found amongst 

 horses which are raised on soft, marshy lands, and hence are 

 more common amongst Shires than most of the other British 

 breeds. (See Ring-bone, Side Bones.) 



Enteritis. — See Inflammation of the Bowels. 



Enzootic Diseases are those which attack a number of 

 horses in the same neighbourhood from local causes. (See 

 Epizootic, Sporadic^ 



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