70 DISEASES OF THE HOESE. 



ful animals, may be ascribed to the diligence and persistence 

 of the American publishers deluging the country with re- 

 prints of old English books that should never have been 

 "written. 



Treatment, Give plenty of good feed to the maltreated 

 animal, and give the following blood-making medicines : — 

 Powdered sulphate of iron, three ounces; gentian root, 

 three ounces. Mix, and divide into twenty-four powders, 

 and give one powder night and morning. If there is much 

 swelling about the body, add five grains of powdered Span- 

 ish fly to the evening powder, for a few nights only. Be 

 assured the animal is fully restored before it is put to hard 

 work. 



Deformities. — In young colts will often be observed 

 a deformity of one or both fore legs from the knee down, 

 giving the whole appearance an aAvkward look. Farmers 

 having such a colt should not think it useless, or at all im- 

 paired ; for in my own extensive practice, I have not seen 

 one that did not become as perfect as the best formed of 

 animals. 



Observe. Whether the mother have sufficient milk for 

 the colt, and if not, teach the colt to suck milk out of a 

 bottle, or from something else ; for by good nourishment 

 these deformed conditions of the legs will disappear. 



Beiiteropathia. — A disease of a secondaiy character, or 

 in sympathy with another. (See Fever.) 



Diabetes. — This is a disease accompanied by a great 

 and frequent flow of urine, containing sugar in solution. 



Causes. The starch, and some constituents of the food are 

 transferred into sugar. The origin of this affection is sup- 

 posed to be a ferment changing the material of the system 

 into sugar, as diastase converts starch into sugar in malting. 



