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External and 



Disease and prohMe came. 



Sym ptoms. 



SKIN— iContd.) 



FARCY, from bad stabling 

 or contagion. 



Note. — x\s this is very con- 

 tagious,the precautions for 

 mange are indispensable 

 on the first suspicion of 

 this disease. 



BURSAUTEE, peculiar to 



India, and only during 



rainy season. 

 JSfote. — Opinions of exjserts 



vary diametrically both as 



to positive cause and best 



treatment. 

 MELANOSIS, peculiar to 



aged white horses only. 

 ULCERS, from violent 



bruise or neglected 



wound. 

 ABSCESS, from external 



injury, or arising from 



bad state of the blood. 



ANASARCA, from con- 

 stitutional derangement ; 

 often from previous ill- 



liE&S— 



SWELLED LEGS (Lymp- 

 hangitis), from hard work 

 and debility, or from no 

 work and want of 



"PALSY, PARALYSIS, from 

 severe strain of back or 

 loins. 



Knotty tumours, hard and 

 hot, called " buds," on 

 body, especially head and 

 inside thighs, in groups, 

 which break and leave 

 small sores. Sometimes 

 one leg swells suddenly 

 and enormously, besides 

 the buds. 



Chancre-like persistent sores, 

 with hard kernel, commenc- 

 ing usually on belly and 

 legs. 



Unsightly lumps on rump and 

 along root of mane. 



Ill-looking sore with sanious 

 discharge. 



Painful swellings, which gra- 

 dually work their way to 

 the skin, become full of 

 matter, the fluctuation of 

 which can be felt by the 

 finger, and ultimately burst 

 if left alone. 



Puffy swellings on belly, 

 sheath and breast. Legs 

 also swollen. 



Swelling, usually of one hind 

 leg only, goes downwards ; 

 generally preceded by loss 

 of appetite and fever fit. 



Loss of feeling and peculiar 

 dragging motion cf hind 



