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low doorways frequently strike their polls; pulling back upon 

 the halter, and blows inflicted by passionate grooms, are 

 among the exciting causes of this much dreaded complaint. 

 The same injuries inflicted upon an animal in perfect health 

 seldom cause any essential trouble ; but when the blood is in 

 a morbid condition, fistulous abscesses are formed, which are 

 seldom curable by merely local treatment, even when the dis- 

 ease is treated in its earliest stages. 



The author has no faith ia the seton, so highly recommended 

 in such cases, but depends principally upon constitutional 

 treatment, which consists in first changing the condition of the 

 blood from an unhealthy standard to a healthy one. This may 

 be done by the proper use of alterative medicines, given in 

 either of the following forms : Socotrine aloes pulverized, four 

 ounces ; soft soap, four ounces ; linseed meal, one and a half 

 pounds ; mix with molasses so as to form a mass ; dose, one 

 ounce twice a day : — or, Socotrine aloes, eight ounces ; soft 

 soap, eight ounces ; linseed meal, one and a half pounds ; mix 

 and dose as before : — or, the following powder may be used ; 

 sublimed sulphur, two I^^HI^^^^^^mlB 

 pounds ; sesqui-sulphuret 

 of antimony in powder,', 

 one pound : dose, a table- 

 spoonful twice a day in 

 the feed. The sesqui- 

 sulphuret of antimony 

 should never be pur- 

 chased in a powdered 

 form, as it is often adulterated with lead, arsenic, magnesia, 

 or iron ; but should always be procured in conical masses. 



THE K0NNIKG STALLION AMERICAN ECLIPSE. 



