200 INJURIES. 



the characters I assign to them is, the repetition of the in- 

 jury and the parts in which they are located ; viz., sldn 

 tightly bound down by dense cellular tissue to ligamentous 

 textiu'cs. 



A Saddle-gall is " a hurt or fretting of a horse's bach 

 by the saddle/' The first step to be taken is the removal 

 of the cause. No man who values his horse would ride a 

 second time with the saddle which had produced this mis- 

 chief. When recent, these injuries require only washing 

 clean once a-day, and being kept wet with salt and water ; for 

 which purpose a piece of folded linen may be confined upon 

 the part. 



A Navel-gall "is a bruise on the back of a horse, 

 opposite to the navel.^^ It is met with in different states. 

 The most common is a little puffy tumour upon the ridge of 

 the back. It consists of fluid eff'used underneath the fascia 

 covering the spine. In this state a bHster will remove it : 

 if one should not dispel it, apply a second; a third will 

 seldom be required. Occasionally these tumours burst, and 

 discharge a thin dirty-coloured matter. Should the external 

 opening be small, and the skin under-run, the aperture may 

 be dilated ; or, without doing that, pressure by means of a 

 surcingle may be applied in the manner previously recom- 

 mended for fistula. The most effectual dressings for these 

 sores (which are in general of an indolent character) are 

 those compounded of escharotics and stimulants. One of 

 the best is red precipitate. A solution of lunar caustic, 9j 

 to 5J of water, will be found useful when the sore has a 

 disposition to slough. 



Warbles " are small hard tumours formed on the saddle- 

 part of a horse's back.'' When recent, they are easily 

 got rid of by the use of discutient lotion, though sometimes 

 they run on to suppuration, and disperse. Too often, how- 

 ever, either from the continuance of injury, or from being 

 suffered to remain too loug in an inactive condition, they be- 

 come hard and callous — a sort of sitfast — in which state 

 it is not easy to determine what ought to be done by way of 

 remedy. In general, they are not painful to the animal; 



