HORSE— DISEASES AND REMEDIES. 



One or other of the above dressings 

 should be well rubbed in every third day 

 for at least three or four weeks in bad 

 ■cases, and two in trifling ones, when the 

 inflammation resulting from the acari and 

 also from the application may be allowed 

 to subside, in the hope that all the para- 

 sites are killed, in which case the erup- 

 tion disappears, but the hair does not al- 

 ways come on again as quickly as ever. 

 All the stable fittings around the stall or 

 box in which the horse has been standing 

 should be thoroughly washed over with a 

 solution of corrosive sublimate, made as 

 follows : 

 Take of Corrosive Sublimate - - - I ounce. 



Methylated Spirit of Wine - 6 ounces. 



Water I gallon. 



Dissolve the sublimate in the spirit by rubbing 

 in a mortar, then mix with the water, and use 

 with a brush, stirring it up continually to prevent 

 its settling. 



The clothing should be destroyed, as it 

 is scarcely possible to cleanse it complete- 

 ly from the parasites ; but if it is deter- 

 mined to risk a return of the disease, it 

 should be thoroughly washed, and when 

 dry, saturated with spirit of turpentine. 



When the health has suffered from the 

 irritation of mange, a few tonic balls may 

 be required, but generally the removal of 

 the cause will be sufficient. 



HORSE, Lice. — In former days lice 

 were not uncommon in the horse, but now 

 they are comparatively rare. Still they 

 are occasionally met with, and their pres- 

 ence is readily ascertained, being of a 

 considerable size, and easily seen with the 

 naked eye. They may be destroyed by 

 rubbing into the roots of the hair white 

 precipitate, in powder, taking care to 

 avoid sweating the horse or wetting his 

 skin for some days afterwards. 



HORSE, Mallenders and Sallenders 



These eruptions are both of the same na- 

 ture, differing only in the locality where 

 they are displayed. The former shows 

 itself in the flexure at the back of the 

 knee, and the latter at the bend of the 

 hock. The symptoms are shown in the 

 appearance of a foul scurf mixed with a 

 few thin scabs, the skin underneath being 

 stiff* and unyielding. They are generally 

 brought on by washing the legs and leav- 

 ing them undried. The treatment re- 

 quired is merely the application of the 

 following ointment, which should be well 

 rubbed in every night : 



Take of Cerate of Superacetate of 



Lead, 2 ounces. 



Take of Creosote ------ 10 drops. 



Mix and use as above. 



If the skin continues to be very hard 

 and stiff, a little glycerine should be 

 brushed on two or three times a week. 



HORSE, Warbles, Sitfasts and Harness 

 Galls. — When the saddle has galled the 

 skin beneath it the inflammation resulting 

 is called a "warble," and if this is neglect- 

 ed, so as to cause a troublesome sore, the 

 term "sitfast" is applied. The effect pro- 

 duced is similar to a harness gall, and 

 there is not the slightest necessity for in- 

 venting names to distinguish each stage 

 of cruelty in the rider, for if attention is 

 paid to the warble, no sitfast will 

 ever make its appearance. Preven- 

 tion is better than cure, and it may al- 

 most always be effected by the adoption 

 of the plan of always keeping the saddle 

 on (after loosing the girths) for a quarter 

 of an hour or twenty minutes. Some- 

 times, however, in spite of this precau- 

 tion, the skin of the back swells, and 

 when a heavy man has been riding 

 for six or eight hours on a horse unaccus- 

 tomed to his weight, the cuticle will per- 

 haps peel off, bringing the hair with it. 

 When the swelling is considerable it 

 should be fomented for an hour, and then 

 bathed with a lotion composed of one 

 drachm of tincture of arnica in a half pint 

 of water. The saddle should never be 

 reapplied until the skin is quite cool, and 

 free from all inflammation, even if con- 

 siderable inconvenience is thereby suf- 

 fered. The same treatment will also ap- 

 ply to harness galls. Oiling the inside of 

 the collar will often prevent the shoulder 

 from suffering excoriation. 



HORSE, Grubs.— The larva of some 

 beetle, but of what species we do not know, 

 is occasionally met with in the horse, caus- 

 ing a small lump about the size of a 

 raisin, and usually on the back. This ob- 

 stinately continues for months, if its 

 its nature is not understood, in spite 

 of all ordinary applications. At last a 

 white larva or grub, with a black head, 

 and very similar in everything but size to 

 the maggot found in the nut, makes its 

 appearance, and either escapes to fall to 

 the ground and become a chrysalis, or 

 else it is squeezed out by the groom, 

 which is easily done as soon as the head 



