90 DISEASES OF THE HORSE. 



Keep all articles used in feeding, clothing, and cleansing 

 liim, in the building with him. Remember, this is con- 

 sidered one of the contagious diseases of the horse. Not 

 only the safety of your own, but of your neighbor's horse, 

 depends upon your observance of these directions. In case 

 you should place a horse so affected, either in a field next 

 to your neighbor, or in his stable, and his horses become 

 affected, you will be liable to a suit at law for damages 

 arising therefrom. From my experience in horse causes in 

 the courts of Philadelphia, it will be easier to bring a suit 

 than to gain it, if there be scientific w^itnesses on the stand, 

 as the question Avill arise, Yv^as the disease, or was it not 

 communicated from the sick horse so placed ? Obviously, 

 these are questions more easily asked than answered. 



Fatty Tumor. — (See Tumors.) 



Farrier. — Properly, this title belongs to the blacksmith, 

 whether a horse shoer, or of other branches of iron work- 

 ing, /a6er/crrarms; but from some idea or other, we hear 

 of persons, otherwise w^ell informed, saying, w^hen speaking 

 of accident or sickness to horses, to have or send for a far- 

 rier. Kow, what is there possessed by workers in iron, 

 that they should know any more about diseases and their 

 treatment than is possessed by a worker in wood. Persons 

 of education should look into the etymology of a term, 

 even if it should be used by the mass of the people : for it 

 is by the language and general deportment, that a man of 

 education is known from his less learned prototype. 



Fever, Putrid. — (Sec Typhosus."^ 



Fever, Sympatlietic.-T-This variety of fever is that 

 which is produced by accident and disease. Thus, a horse 

 gets a nail in the sensitive part of the foot, excitement, or 

 sympathetic fever is an accompaniment. Lung disease is 



