DISEASES OF THE SKIN AND EARS. - ^g^ 



As regards infection, all danger will cease as soon as the 

 salve has been applied. The stables should be washed with 

 strong lye or a decoction of tobacco. A solution of sulphur, 

 or chloride of lime and water, will form an excellent substi- 

 tute for this purpose. Any one of these will entirely destroy 

 the infection. 



If a horse, in good condition, has taken the disease by 

 rubbing after a mangy companion, the bleeding may be 

 omitted altogether. The remainder of the treatment should 

 be carried out, except that, in his case, only two doses of 

 sulphur and resin need be given. 



HIDE-BOUND. 



This is a skin disease of a peculiar character. Although 

 similar to the mange in respect to the causes which produce 

 it, it is neither an infectious nor an eruptive disorder, and 

 the condition of the skin is the very reverse of flabby and 

 puckered. The flow of the unctuous, lubricating fluid through 

 the pores is entirely suspended, and the hide becomes dry and 

 hard, not unlike what it would be if it were taken ofi" and 

 hung upon the fence to dry. While hide-bound is a very 

 distinctive name, the term dry-hide would be equally appro- 

 priate, or perhaps still more so. 



It is an affection not only of the cellular membrane, and 

 the watery secretions contained in its little sacs, but also of 

 the skin itself. Not long does this remain dry and hard be- 

 fore it loses all its flexibility. It adheres closely, almost im- 

 movably, to the ribs, the legs, the neck, and, in fact, to every 

 portion of the .body; and it becomes utterly impossible to 

 gather it up in folds with the hand, as one can easily do 

 when the horse is in health. The hair, robbed of that bright- 

 ness and glossiness which is its peculiar beauty in the ar- 

 rangements of ITature, looks dry and dingy, like the hair 

 upon a dead hide. 



Hide-bound indicates a diseased condition of the system, 

 generally from derangement of the vital functions. The 

 blood is thick, dark, and feverish, and the circulatory and se- 



