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washed with tobacco water (four ounces of tobacco boiled with a gallon 

 of water). 



Nettle-rash may frequently be seen on the skin of the horse, the most Nettle- 

 usual situation being the side of the neck, but occasionally all over the rash, 

 body. It appears as flat swellings varying from a small beam to a patch 

 as large as a plate in size, coming suddenly and generally disappearing 

 in a few hours. It is usually of little importance, and a change of food 

 and care not to water when the animal is heated is all that is necessary 

 to ensure it not recurring. In febrile diseases, and especially surra, nettle- 

 rash is a frequent symptom. 



Barsati is the Indian name for ulcers of the skin, which appear generally Barsati, 

 rour.d the lips, eyes, coronets and fetlocks, and sometimes on the sheath 

 and penis of the horse ; they are liable to recur annually, heal with 

 difficulty, and chalky lumps (kankar) are found in them. They disappear 

 during the cold season or when the animal goes to the hills. They are 

 said to be due to minute worms in the blood-vessels. 



Lymphangitis (weed, Monday morning disease, big leg) of the hind Lymphan- 

 legs may be found chiefly amongst hard- worked animals after a day's rest. &itis. 

 The leg suddenly swells, and there may be knotted cords down the inside 

 of the thighs ; in severe cases the skin may ooze a little sticky fluid. This 

 disease may be confounded with the swollen hind legs seen in some cases 

 of glanders-farcy, from which it is distinguished by the suddenness of its 

 appearance, generally after a rest, and the absence of ulcers (farcy buds). 

 There is great pain and lameness. Treatment. — Give a physic ball, 

 excercise two or three times in the day for short periods. Horses known 

 to get this disease should get regular exercise and light feeding when not 

 at work. 



Wounds and Injuries. 



Under this heading the majority of cases which can be successfully 

 dealt with in the lines on service occur, as many of them are, at the 

 outset, slight, and if properly attended to the animals can be often kept 

 at work. 



Wounds may, for the purposes of description, be divided into (i) 

 Clean cut, (2) Torn, (3) Bruised, and (4) Punctured : — 



I. Clean cut wounds, inflicted by a sharp-edged instrument, are simply 



a division of the skin and muscles without any loss of substance. 



They are characterised by the freedom with which they bleed 



and the subsequent readiness with which they will heal ; the 



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