266 DISEASES OF THE SKIN. 



I should say, that disordered health is not necessarily 

 connected with the general eruption ; on the contrary, that 

 it frequently diappears without any ill consequences — with- 

 out, in fact, any observable change whatever in the health 

 of the animal. The same author informs us, that eruptions 

 are apt, by unprofessional persons, to be 



Confounded with Farcy-Buds ; though the circum- 

 stances of the farcy-buds being subcutaneous^ disposed in lines, 

 like so many knots on a string, and being usually found in 

 certain situations of the body, will at all times enable us to 

 make the distinction in practice. 



There is a sort of eruption consisting in patchy excoria- 

 tion and slight ulceration around the verge of the anus, 

 which, in some horses, is apt to make its appearance at the 

 spring of the year, accompanied in general, by a costive 

 state of body. This is to be ascribed to a disordered ali- 

 mentary canal; to preternaturally hot, acrimonious discharges 

 per anum, which irritate and corrode the external parts. 

 The remedy is, to wash the fundament clean twice a day, 

 and wipe it dry, then to sprinkle it with some innoxious 

 absorbent powder, and none seems better than common 

 flour. At the same time a brisk purge should be given. 



I have frequently observed lumps in the skin to make 

 their appearance at the time of dentition ; and in such cases I 

 have felt very much disposed to, physiologically, connect the 

 two phenomena. If this view be a correct one, the remedy 

 clearly lies in attending to the dental procedure. 



D 10, a grey mare, was shown to me, 28th Oct. 1840, for 

 " eruptions^^ upon the body and limbs. The lumps are 

 scattered, being over the skin some distance apart, and but 

 few in number ; they are the size of marbles, and such as 

 have broken, have discharged a serous, yellow-looking matter, 

 which sticks and mats the hair together; in fact, the places 

 look as if so many blisters had been applied. A dose of 

 physic was given, and the broken places sponged with warm 

 water, and I heard no more until about November the 4th, 

 when it was again presented with a fresh crop of similar 

 eruptions : some of the former ones having apparently 



