A DICTIONARY. 



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lent perspiration breaks out, and the hojse 

 becomes almost delirious, throwing himself 

 about the stall, so that it is dangerous to 

 come near him. 



Condition. — This term is used to imply 

 a horse being in perfect health. 



Conjunctiva. — The external coat or 

 membrane of the eye. (See Eye, part first.) 



Consumption. — In consumption there is 

 a gradual loss of flesh and strength, while 

 the appetite is seldom impaired in the early 

 stages. It is sometimes accompanied by a 

 discharge from one or both nostrils, and a 

 swelling of the glands under the jaw ; such 

 cases are often mistaken for glanders. Con- 

 sumption does not often take place sud- 

 denly, but is very insidious in its attack ; 

 and it often happens, that the complaint is 

 not much noticed till tubercles are formed 

 in the lungs, and the mesenteric glands are 

 diseased. When a horse is observed to lose 

 flesh, his coat staring, his skin feeling as if 

 fast to the ribs, he should be warmly 

 clothed, and fed on scalded shorts, oats, and 

 boiled carrots ; by proper attention to stable 

 management, he may gain flesh and strength, 

 his coat will become smoother, and his skin 

 looser. Should it now be the season of the 

 year when good grass can be procured, this 

 will perfect the recovery. The best medi- 

 cines are cod liver oil and phosphate of lime. 



Contagion. — The mode in which a dis- 

 ease is communicated from one animal to 

 another. It is derived from the word contact, 

 or touch, and is used in contradistinction 

 to infection, which implies the commu- 

 nication of disease by unwholesome mias- 

 mata, sometimes spreading to a very con- 

 siderable distance. 



Convalescence. — A state of recovery 

 from illness, or an approach to a state of 

 health. 



Convulsions. — Under this name, Gib- 

 son has classed lockjaw and staggers. 

 Modern ^vriters treat of these diseases under 

 their respective heads. Calves are subject 

 to convulsive diseases, from indigestion, and 

 the consequent formation of acid in the 



stomach. It is often occasioned by some 

 so 



bad quality in the millc they drink, when 

 fed by hand. Taking too much milk will 

 often brino^ on the disorder. Carminatives 

 and tonics generally afford relief; after 

 which, it is necessary to be more attentive 

 to the future mode of feeding, giving a little 

 gruel occasionally. 



Cordials. — Medicines are thus termed 

 that possess warm and stimulating proper- 

 ties, such as ginger, caraway seeds, anise 

 seeds, etc. 



Cornea. — The outer transparent part of 

 the eye. 



Corner Teeth. — The outermost of the 

 front teeth are thus named. 



Corns. — Corns generally appear at the in- 

 ner angles of the fore feet, from injuries, etc. 



Coronet Bone. — Os corona. The sec- 

 ond of the consolidated phalanges of the 

 horse's foot. 



Coronet. — The upper part of the hoof, 

 where the horn terminates. 



Corrosive Sublimate. — Among the 

 poisons that are given, with a view of 

 curing disease, corrosive sublimate seems to 

 stand foremost in the destruction of vitality, 

 and the production of incurable diseases. 

 Dr. White remarks : " It is necessary to 

 observe carefully its effects ; for, whenever 

 it takes off the appetite, or causes uneasi- 

 ness of the stomach or bowels, it should be 

 immediately discontinued. A solution of 

 corrosive sublimate in water has been em- 

 ployed as a lotion in mange, but is gener- 

 ally considered dangerous ; a fatal disorder 

 of the bowels having in several instances 

 followed its use. Five cows, that were 

 bathed with a solution of corrosive subli- 

 mate in tobacco water, died soon after. 



Cough. — A cough is sometimes the first 

 symptom of a cold, or catarrh ; but there 

 is another kind of cough, which accompa- 

 nies indigestion. Horses that eat too much 

 hay, and drink a large quantity of water, 

 often have chronic cough. This can be 

 removed by proper attention to feeding. 



Cows, Disease of. — The disorders of 

 cows are not so numerous as those of the 

 horse ; they are often brought on by feeding 



