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sprinkle the edges and inner surface twice in tlie day, for a 

 day or two, with powdered bkie stone to destroy the 

 unhealthy surface and hasten a red surface, or the granu- 

 latory process by which the hole will be speedily rilled up 

 again. Complete the cure by sprinkling powdered loaf 

 sugar over the sore twice in the twenty-four hours. 

 Support the strength of the horse by good and generous 

 diet. (See Scratches and Frost Bites.) 



Phlebitis. — A name given to inflammation of the vein 

 after bleeding, characterized by swelling and cording of the 

 vein. (See Jugular Vein.) 



Phlegmasia Dolens. — A name given to one leg when 

 swelled to a great extent from plugging of the blood 

 vessels of the leg with plastic matter poured into them from 

 the blood. (See Grease.) 



Phrenitis. — One of the many diseases of the brain 

 characterized by the horse becoming unmanageable — a 

 variety of staggers, or it may be of inflammation of the 

 brain itself, and is incurable. 



Physiology. — A branch of medical science treating of 

 the life and functions of organized bodies. 



Physicking. — In England, and in some parts of the 

 European continent, a person who does not know how to 

 physic a horse, whether sick or well, is not considered fit 

 to take care of horses. In the United States, the man who 

 knows all about, and recommends physicking under almost 

 any circumstance, should not be permitted even to take a 

 horse by the head, much less to take care of horses not his 

 own. In an extensive practice of many years, I do not 

 recollect a half dozen times, when I either gave or recom- 

 mended a horse to be physicked ; and no man can show 



