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Sweats profusely; muscles of body nard and stiff; jaw held shut; cannot 

 eat; head elevated; nose protrudes; easily excited; "haw" drawn across 

 corner of eye ; horse usually stands. Lockjaw, Page 169. 



Swelling just below the knee and on the inside of the leg; an abscess 

 may form. Bruised Knee. 



Swelling just below stifle joint; muscles appear cramped; drags stifled leg. 

 Stifled, Page 177. 



Swelling on face or under lower jaw; pus often discharged from swelling; 

 slobbering when drinking; head held to one side; eating with difficulty; 

 spitting out food; loss of flesh. Abnormal Teeth. 



Swelling on the elbow that is soft and flabby and contains a watery fluid. 

 It increases in size and becomes hot and tender. Shoe Boil, Page 

 175. 



Swelling on top of head at first; later there is some pain and the swelling 

 is full of pus ; feverish condition of the parts. Poll Evil, Page 172. 



Swelling, small and sore just at the bottom and inside the hock- joint 

 toward the front ; lameness improving with exercise ; holds foot for- 

 ward bending hock-joint when standing. Bone Spavin, Page 158. 



Swelling that is puffy and feels as if it contained air; usually on the outside 

 of the leg just above the fetlock-joint. Wind Puffs, Page 181. 



Swelling that is puffy on inside and outside of leg just in front of large ten- 

 dons. By pressure the joint oil is forced from side to side. Thorough- 

 pin, Page 180. 



Swelling that is puffy on the front of hock-joint. Bog Spavin, Page 158. 



Swelling that is small on inside of foreleg; sometimes lameness. Splint', 

 Page 176. 



Swollen glands inside of the leg; leg enlarged; manipulation of leg causes 

 pain; chills followed by fever. Big Leg, Page 153. 



Swollen in hollow of pastern ; swelling red and tender ; cracks and chaps 

 extend in all directions and often bleed in cold weather. Scratches, Page 

 175. 



Swollen and inflamed joint following a wound on the leg in which there 

 is a slippery fluid; horse becomes very lame; fever; loss of appetite; 

 intense pain; as inflammation increases the fluid becomes darker and 

 may contain pus. Open Joint, P'age 170. 



Tears. Profuse discharge of tears and mucus from eyes; eyes red and 

 inflamed; lids swollen sometimes; strong light irritating. Sore Eyes, 

 Page 96. 



Tender and hot swelling on the elbow; it is also soft and flabby and con- 

 tains a watery fluid. Shoe Boil, Page 175. 



Tenderness and lameness of foot more noticeable when foot hits hard object ; 

 slight discharge of foul smelling ptis from crack in horny frog; hoof 

 dry, heel feverish. Thrush, Page 180. 



Tender spot found on sole of foot, frog or heel by pressure; more or less 

 lameness ; removing the shoe and finding no nail prick or corn. Stone 

 Bruise, Page 177 



