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place from the use of the whip, the bite of a dog, or from 

 another horse biting it. 



Treatment. Treat as for a common sore, by simple oint- 

 ment and by cleanliness. 



(3.) Deafness. — Not often observed in horses. 



(4.) Foreign Substances in the Ear. — Remove them 

 by the forceps. 



(5.) Abscess in the Ear. — Treatment as for Abscess, 

 (which see.) 



(6.) Dry Gangrene in the Ear. — Two cases of this 

 affection have been brought to my notice, in which the 

 concha of the ear had dried up, withered, and dropped off. 



Ecchymosis. — Black spots observed on the lungs of 

 cattle and horses having died from pleuro-pneumonia. 



Eczema. — (See Mange.) 



Elephantiasis, — A name aj^plied to a swelled leg. (See 

 Grease.) 



Embrocation, — A term applied to liniments. (See Pre- 

 scriptions.) 



Emetics. — Medicine, often taken into the stomach of 

 man and some animals, causing them to vomit. The horse, 

 ox, and sheep do not, or rather cannot vomit. Hence, tartar 

 emetic hsis no effect upon them. 



Emphysema, — This is a name signifying wind swell- 

 ing, caused by the escape of air into the cellular tissue, as 

 between the skin and the flesh, or rather the fascia and the 

 skin. Pressure with the hand on these windy swellin2:s 

 causes a crackling noise or sound. This condition some- 

 times arises in the chest, and is attended with difficult 

 breathing and anxiety of countenance. 



