DISEASES OF HORSES. 713 



and surrounded by an angry-looking sore. The treatment is to 

 cut these pieces of skin out with a knife and then treat with 

 the white lotion or the ointment already given. 



Saddle-galls. TREATMENT. Remove the cause ; bathe the 

 part in warm water, or poultice until thoroughly softened and 

 cleansed, and use the white lotion two or three times a day. 

 (See White Lotion.) Or, 



Take Corrosive Sublimate, . . . . .12 grains. 

 Water, .... . 4 ounces. 



Or Sulphate of Copper . . . . . .15 grains. 



Water, ........ 1 ounce. 



Use either of these the same as the white lotion. 



Saddle-galls may terminate in a sitfast, which is a scab loose 

 around its edges, and firmly adherent in the center. Cut it out 

 with a knife and then treat as above. 



Poll Evil Is an abscess on the top of the neck near the 

 head. 



CAUSES. It is usually caused by some injury, as striking the 

 head against something, tight reining, wearing a yoke or heavy 

 halter, or any cut or other injury to the part. 



SYMPTOMS. More or less swelling. The animal carries the 

 nose out, the top of the neck is hot, and pressing on it causes 

 pain. If it has been present for any length of time, pipes- 

 sinuses form. These sinuses may extend in any or in many 

 directions. 



TREATMENT. If it is noticed before pus is formed, treat it 

 just as an ordinary abscess. (See Abscesses.) Keep the ani- 

 mal's head tied up, and feed him from a trough and manger 

 which are high, so the muscles of the neck will not have to 

 move much. If the heat and soreness disappear, and the skin 

 remains thick and hard, 



Take Iodine, 2 drams. 



Iodide of Potash, ....... 2 drams. 



Lard, 1 ounce. 



Mix, and apply once or twice a day. When pus is formed 

 a free opening should be made, and if it is opened early, sinuses 

 will seldom form. After it is opened it should be thoroughly 



