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External and 



Disease, and probable cause. 



Symptoms. 



TL,EGS—{Condd.) 



MALLENDERS and S.\L- 

 LENDERS, from bad 

 grooming and want of 

 exercise. 



CRACKED HEELS, Oi. 

 CHAPPED HEELS, from 

 damp feet; usi^.ally groom' s 

 carelessness in not drying 

 them. 



GREASE, generally groom's 

 fault as above, but occa- 

 sionally it is constitutional. 



White heels mostliable to this. 



GRAPES, from neglected 

 grease. * 



MUD FEVER, from wash, 

 ing legs and not drying 

 them thoroughly. 



WINDGALLS, from hard 



work, or strains. 

 RINGBONE, from hard 



work, strains, or high 



action. 



CROWNSCAB, or VILLI- 

 TIS, from foul habit, want 

 of exercise, or gallop on 

 hard ground. 



HOCKS- 

 SPAVIN, from concussion, 

 sprain, hard work, being 

 ridden on haunches. Some- 

 times hereditary. 



Scurfy eruption behind knee 

 and inside hock. 



Cracks of skin on back of 

 pastern, with watery dis- 

 charge, which sometimes 

 smells nasty. 



Cracked heels in aggravated 

 form with foetid discharge. 

 Local swelling, with moist 

 and greasy skin. 



Red excrescences in bunches. 



Inflammation of skin of legs, 

 and sometimes of the belly, 

 similar to cracked heels, 

 with slight fever. 



Pufifed soft swellings near 

 fetlock joint. 



Lameness ; small hard limips, 

 sometimes a hard ring, just 

 above hoof. It differs 

 from laminitis by the ab- 

 sence of paint at toe and 

 of fever, also the lower 

 part of the foot is not hot. 



A scab and discharge from 

 the coronet (iust above 

 hoof). 



Hard, bony enlargement be- 

 low inner side of hock (the 

 lower it is the less injuri- 

 ous it will be). Drags toe. 

 Hock and foot stiff, speci- 

 ally at starting. 



