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compound tincture of aloes. When the sores become hard 

 and firm, like warts, use the ointment of iodide of mercury. 

 (See Medicines, and Prescriptions.) Remove the cause of 

 the trouble by attending to the saddle and harness, and if 

 no fault be found with the stuffing of the saddle, cut a hole 

 in the padding sufficiently large to accommodate the sore 

 without touching it. 



Sallendcrs. — (See Mallenders.) 



Saliva. — A fluid secreted by the salivary glands, which 

 (fvirves to moisten the mouth, and is swallowed with the 

 food. When horses are feeding, the saliva mixes with the 

 feed, and resolves, dissolves, and changes it into a soft mass 

 fit to be swallowed. (See Parotid Duct.) 



Salivation. — This is an increased flow of saliva induced 

 in th.e horse by mercury and other medicines, and is often 

 seen in horses feeding upon the second crop of clover late 

 in the fali of the year, or after slight frosts ; Avhich fact 

 sufficiently accounts not only for the salivation of, but also 

 affords the reason why horses so feeding lose flesh and be- 

 come thin and Aveak, although apparently feeding upon 

 abundance. 



Second crop clover grows fast, is soft, and full of moisture, 

 while the cool nights arrest its mush-room growth, and the 

 moisture it contains in great quantity is converted from a 

 sweet and nutritious substance into a sour and acidulous 

 fluid, not unlike vinegar or acetic acid. The acid so formed 

 within the clover leaf and stem is pressed out by the act of 

 mastication or chewing, stimulating the fauces of the mouth 

 and the salivary glands to a great extent and taxing the 

 substance of the body for the saliva to meet an enormous 

 demand. Hence, the weakness and loss of flesh of horses 

 so fed. 



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