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Greafe appears under feveral forms, and it has fe- 

 veral ftages. Horfes, when full fed, have fometimes 

 a dry fcurfy eruption at the heels, with here and 

 there a /light fcratch, as it were. Thefe heels itch 

 intolerably, but no great moifture comes from them: 

 if fuffered to remain long in this flate, they become 

 greafy. In this early ftage, waftiing with foap and 

 water, night and morning, and rubbing them care- 

 fully dry, giving gentle but long continued exercife, 

 plenty of grooming, with bran maihes at night, will 

 generally remove this ftage of the complaint. The 

 only internal medicines neceffary will be the 



Diuretic Powders [page 2?]. One of thefe 

 may be given every day till the urine flows freely, 

 and then one each other day, continuing the whole 

 of this treatment till the cure is complete. 



But when thefe fcratches become deepifh cracks, 

 and matter oozes out plentifully, in that cafe, to the 

 above treatment muft be added the bathinor them 

 very frequently with the 



Mild Wash for Grease [page 24], firfl; having, 

 for one day, waflied them well with warm water. 



Swelled Legs, with Difcharge. There is a ftate or 

 kind of greafe differing from the former, and which 

 fometimes comes on very fuddenly, particularly 

 when a horfe has been for fome time out of condition. 

 In this cafe the hind legs (but feldom the fore) be- 

 come hot, painful, and fwelled ; and matter, or a 



