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day. These balls are of great service in many of the dis- 

 orders of horses, and are some of the best staling balls yet 

 found out. 



By following the foregoing directions, a cure will generally 

 be performed. Sometimes in this disorder little knots break 

 out, especially upon the hind parts of the horse, and these 

 knots throw out a little matter. When this is the case, you 

 must rub them with strong mercurial ointment. Sometimesi 

 these little tubes, or pustules, have living insects in them : 

 but by rubbing them as I have just directed you, they will 

 be destroyed and the cure completed. 



The Hidebound. 



This disorder is too often brought on by the horse being 

 worked too hard, and badly kept ; although this is not 

 always the case. When the skin of a horse sticks so close 

 to his ribs that it appears immovable, the horse is said to be 

 hidebound. But this is not properly a disease, but rather a 

 symptom, being often caused by previous disorders, such as 

 fevers, convulsions, surfeits, worms, or disorders of the kid- 

 neys or lungs. 



Cure.— As the hidebound may proceed from various 

 causes, it is necessary to determine the cause, before such 

 medicines can be applied as will remove it. If it owe its 

 origin to hard labor and want of food, rest and plenty will 

 soon remove it. If it be caused by worms, worm medicines 

 must be applied ; or if it be left by any imperfectly-cured 

 disorder, the following drink must be given : 



2 oiTDces of Aiiisoeds, in powder. 



2 ounces of Ging-er, in powder. 



1 ounce of Grains of Paradise. 



2 ounces of Mustard 

 2 ounces of Turmeric. 



All to be powdered, and to be given in warm ale, fasting, 

 and to fast two hours after. Bleeding, tapping and physic are 

 also necessary, when the hidebound is left by any disorder. 



The Mange. 



This disorder is more shameful than dangerous, for you 

 cannot go abroad with a scab})ed horse without being hissed 

 at, neither is it proper ; for this disease is so infectious that 

 every horse that may come near it ^nll be in danger. 



The Mange is too well known to need a long description, 

 though some have been mistaken, and have taken a hot itch- 

 ing eruption for it. 



