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degree or two above freezing; and whem warmth is re- 

 stored, bathe Avith weak spirits. When the legs and heels 

 break into sores and ulcers, ^PPb^; twice daily, carbolic acid 

 (in crystals), four drachms; olive oil, four ounces. Mix. 



Gail,?reiie. — This is a name applied to, or is synonymous 

 with, mortilication or death of a part,^and is characterized 

 by a livid or black color. Gangrene is attended, or is ushered 

 in, by a sudden giving way of pain, v.^hich has often been 

 mistaken for recovery. When gangrene of an outward or 

 external part takes place, there is a change in the condition 

 of the part, it assumes a different aspect, the swelling sub- 

 sides, and upon touching the part a crackling sound is pro- 

 duced, owing to the evolution of gas. 



Gastritis Mucosa. — This is a new name to many 

 persons, even well informed in diseases of horses, notwith- 

 standing it is a very common one in the spring of the year,, 

 assuming always an epizootic form, and being closely allied 

 to the epizootic catarrh, sometimes called tj'phoid influenza. 

 (See Influenza.) The chief difference in the symptoms 

 between the two diseases, being the absence of a cough, 

 which is always observed in influenza. The one disease 

 attacking the lining membrane of the windpipe; the 

 other, the mucous membrane of the stomach and bowels, 

 or in other w^ords, the digestive organs, more than 

 the respiratory. Gastritis IMucosa- is a fatal disease, if 

 treated by low diet, bleeding, blistering and physicking, 

 because it ahvays assumes a low standard of vitality, or 

 great weakness. Ilcncc the horse so affected, and so treated, 

 has no chance for his life, whatever. 



Symptoms. As before stated, the horse has no cough and 

 the breathing is not disturbed. The breath and mouth is 

 not hot nor dry, but often the mouth is slimy, and to such 

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