The Ailments of Hwses, 29 



Heart disease, kidney and liver disease, 

 are frequent causes. 



Dyspepsia. See Indigestion. 



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Eczema. — This is a non-contagious 

 skin affection, characterized by congestion 

 and the subsequent formation of vesicles. 

 When these latter are mature they rup- 

 ture, their contents drying upon the sur- 

 face, forming hard tear-like masses. The 

 disease can be either acute or chronic. 

 The chronic variety is frequently seen 

 upon the inner surfaces of the knee and 

 hock, constituting the well-known mal- 

 lenders and sallenders. It is on the flexor 

 surfaces of the joints. Its technical name 

 is " psoriasis." Defective nutrition is 

 probably at the bottom of the whole 

 affair. 



Treatment. — G-ive half an ounce of 

 Fowler's solution of arsenic in the food 

 or drinking water night and morning. 

 Apply tar ointment or chrysophanic acid 

 ointment to the sore places every night. 



If the surface is moist, use, in place of 

 the ointments, a lotion composed of a 

 drachm of creolin, one ounce of laudanum, 

 and eight ounces of water. 



Grive good food, and plenty of it. 

 Change diet. Continue treatment for 

 several months. 



Elbow, capped. — A common cause of 

 this is constant bruising of the soft tissues 

 at the point of the elbow through the 

 heel of the shoe. It also occurs in un- 

 ghod hofses, or those at grass, 



