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Examples — epizootic-influenza in the horse, and pleuro- 

 pneumonia in cattle. 



Epilepsy. — An epileptic horse should never be used 

 for family driving. (See Megrims.) 



Epiphora. — Weeping from the Eye. (See Eye Diseases.) 



Epsom Salts. — (See Medicines.) 



Eruptions. — Eruptions are more a symptom than a 

 disease. (See Strangles, Surfeit, Stings of Insects, and 

 Scarlatina.) 



Erysipelas. — This, as an independent disease, is not 

 often, if at all, seen in horses. It is often present after 

 accidents, as a bruise or a broken bone. 



Symptoms. A hard, tense and painful swelling of the 

 parts, accompanied with irritation and excitement through 

 the entire system. 



Treatment Give twenty to twenty-five drops of the tinc- 

 ture of aconite root four times in the day, to calm the sys- 

 tem. Apply cold iced water, with woollen cloths, to the 

 part. If, from broken bones, try and remove, or adjust 

 them in position to one another, and secure them so with 

 splint and bandage. In severe cases of broken bones, the 

 animal had better be killed. (See Fractures.) 



Exostosis. — (See Splint and Bony Tumors.) 



^ Eyes, Diseases of the. — Before referring to the dis- 

 eases of this organ, it may be necessary to say a few words 

 as to the structure of the eye. 



(1.) The eyelids are composed of skin, and under it the 

 fibres of a circular muscle which close the eyelids. The 

 eyelids are lined internally with a mucous membrane called 



