038 DISEASES OF THE SKIN. 



Tlis was even much more formidable than that met with now- 

 a-days. If there be much pain and irritation of the skin, and if 

 the animal be afraid of his harness, and easily galled by the 

 collar or saddle, a few days' rest is to be prescribed, togethei 

 AA'ith fomentations to the parts affected ; and the following lotion 

 applied : — IjL Plumbi acet. |i, aqua Oj. ; or the ordinary white 

 lotion may be used. 



With reference to the clipping of horses, I am of opinion that 

 it is a great advantage ; they work better after being clipped ; 

 thrive on less food; are less liable to disease; are stronger, 

 healthier, and more cheerful ; and, when sick, recover in a much 

 shorter time. It is not my intention to discuss the question ; I 

 merely wish to counteract a ridiculous idea propounded by Mr. 

 Gamgee, that clipping is injurious to the horse. 



I strongly recommend the Irish method of clipping, namely, 

 clipping all parts of the body except the legs. The hair that is 

 left on the legs protects them from the irritation of wet and dirt; 

 and, when horses are used for hunting purposes, from the pene- 

 tration of thorns, &c. 



EKYTHEMA MAMMILAKUM. 



This is not a rare variety of erythema, and is seen in the cow, 

 affecting the cutaneous covering of the mammary gland ; some- 

 times associated with inflammation and swelling of the gland 

 substance ; at other times uncomplicated. It presents itself as 

 a diffuse redness, with heat and pain of the skin. It is gene- 

 rally met with about the time of parturition, and is best treated 

 by a mild cathartic, and the local application of a cooling 

 lotion. 



(2.) HEEPES. 



" This disease is expressed by patches of irregular form and 

 variable size, upon each of which there arises a group, cluster, 

 or crop of vesicles. It is often preceded by considerable local 

 irritation, cutaneous pain, or neuralgia, which sometimes remains 

 after the eruption has died away. The vesicles ultimately ru])- 

 ture, and a gum-like scab forms over the group, which shrivels 

 and contracts upon itself." — (Aitken.) The clusters vary much 



