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increased breathing, and cough. The cause and treatment 

 of this disease will be the same as for bronchitis, (which see.) 



Leg, Fractures of the. — (See Fractures.) 



Lice. — Lice of various kinds are often the source of 

 much trotible amongst horses kept in the vicinity of hen or 

 chicken houses. 



Symptoms. Uneasiness, rubbing, and scratching; stamp- 

 ing with the feet and biting at the legs, as if something 

 were annoying him. 



Treatment. Take of the liver of sulphur, one ounce; 

 cold water, one pint. Mix, and apply with a hard brush 

 to but a portion of the body at a time. If that is not 

 effectual, get bi-chloride of mercury, thirty-two grains; 

 cold water, one pint. Mix, and apply with a brush to a 

 portion only at a time, or a piece of the body every clay, 

 till all has been gone over with the brush. This is very 

 weak, and can do the horse no harm. 



Ligaments. — These are strong, fibrous substances, 

 which bind together the diiferent bones of the body or 

 skeleton. There are two great classes of ligaments : the 

 rounded, or the lateral, and the capsular, or sack-like 

 ligaments, as of the shoulder and hip-joint. 



Lipoma. — A variety of fatty tumor. (See Tumors.) 



Liver. — The liver is the largest secreting gland of the 

 body, situated within the short ribs on the right side. 

 Its function is the secretion of bile — a yellow alkaline or 

 soapy fluid. 



Without the liver, digestion and animal heat cannot be 

 maintained, and the waste or effete matter cannot be re- 

 moved from the blood. So, therefore, when the liver is 

 disturbed, there can be no health in the rest of the system. 



