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in its various forms ; swellings of the muscular integuments, causing se 

 rious trouble ; injuries tc the sinews, causing breaking down ; poll evil 

 and oti?.er astulous affectio^is ; fractures ; founder ; grease ; inflamma- 

 tions of the glands and yetrxs ; cra^cked hoofs ; quittor ; hernia and many 

 other diseases, not reccgaiaed by the horse owner, as a rule, until they 

 tiwie beconxe serious. 



A careful attention to symi)toms which will be given in plain language, 

 and the application of appropriate remedies, will save the owner money, 

 and at the same time will also save the most intelligent servant, and if 

 allowed to be, the faithful friend of man, much terri])le torture. The 

 feet ar.d linibs are most liable to disease. Those who have suffered fron» 

 che torture of a tight boot, can only form a paiiial idea of the agony of 

 ti horse sulfering from disease of the feet, and especially from navicular 

 disease, attacking, as it does, the most delicate organs, encased in the 

 horny covering of the foot. The causes of disease, therefore, how to 

 know it by outward symptoms — for the horse cannot tell his distress, 

 except by mute signs, and what to do, will be told in the following pages. 

 In cases where danger is present from contagious and utterly incurable 

 diseases, as glanders, or incurable infectious diseases as hydrophobia, the 

 animal should be quickly and mercifully killed, and buned deej) out of 

 the way o- ianger. 



tX. Outward Maoifestations of Disease. 



To make plain what would otherwise not be readily comprehended, the 

 diseases will be illustrated by cuts. These cuts will often present the 

 disease m its strongest forms, whereby the same difficulties will be the 

 more easily recogiii^ied in their lighter manifestations. Man}^ of the dis- 

 eases of the skin, and especially of the bones, may go on for a long time 

 without the cause being surely known. Hence the illustration of some 

 internal diseases, as shown outwardly, will be very mstructive. The 

 mo3t of them are caused by neglect or abuse. Their treatment will be 

 ^ylven in their proper places, as, for instance, those of the feet, in the next 

 chapter. The condensed description of their origin, with references to the 

 illustration on the next page, will enable them to be readily recognized. 



1 — Discharge from nose, either mucus or pus, or both. This may 

 occur not only in glanders, but also in acute and chronic catarrh. 



2 — Profuse flow of saliva, resulting from a severe wound or swelling 

 of the tongue, the mouth being partly open. 



3 — Loose, flabby Up, an evidence of partial paralysis of the part. 



4 — Fistula of the lower jaw, from an ulcerated tooth. This sometimes 

 involves a large part of the lower jaw. 



6 — Fistula, of the upper jav), from same cause. 



6 — Blind eye. Frequently, accompanynisr a blind eye there is a con- 

 tinuous flow of tears over the cheel:. 



