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useful in some cases. It is essential that a change of food 

 be made, and that the animal be sheltered from the heat lor 

 a day or two. A cathartic may be administered, after which 

 benefit will be derived by giving sod^e hyposulph. or potassse 

 iodidi in the usual quantities. If a cure is not obtained by 

 the above treatment. Fowler's solution may be tried, or the 

 following may be given : sulph. flor. 5ii.,acid. arseniosi,grs.ii., 

 two or three times a day, and at intervals of two or three 

 days. The animal should be carefully dieted and well 

 groomed, and receive a proper amount of exercise. 



MALLENDERS, SALLENDERS, Etc. 



This is also an eczematous condition, and one which we oc- 

 casionally find localized. It occurs in the flexures of the knee- 

 joints, causing a scurfiness and dryness of the parts. It is more 

 common among heavy horses than among the lighter breeds, 

 and stallions suffer more frequently than mares or geldings. 



Causes. — It is caused by a sluggish circulation, improper 

 feeding, as, for instance, feeding a horse on stimulating food 

 in large quantities. Irregular exercise may also cause it, 

 improper grooming, or it may be due to the action of a 

 vesicant, and more especially if the vesicant contains some 

 such ingredient as euphorbium. 



Symptoms. — Irritation is set up in the part. Redness is 

 observable in some cases, and a discharo;e of a serous charac- 

 ter takes place. Cracks appear, and often extend quite 

 through the skin ; and in hot weather flies will attack the 

 parts if not prevented. The more acute symptoms may 

 after a while disappear, and the case take on a chronic 

 form. Slight loss of condition may be also observed. 



Treatment. — The employment of both local and constitu- 

 tional remedies is called for in the treatment of this condi- 

 tion, and while it is not by any means a serious disease, it 

 is, nevertheless, a matter of considerable difiiculty to effect 



