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eat quantities of both its leaves and buds, not only witboul 

 detriment, but with positive benefit to health. 



TREATMENT. 



The mercurial salve will be the proper remedy in this case. 

 Apply a very thin coat of it to the sore parts, and rub it in 

 well with a little mop. It may be best to mix the salve with 

 equal parts of lard and sulphur before using it thus. Anoint 

 the parts each morning, until the sores and scabs are all 

 gone. 



SADDLE GALLS. 



Nothing is more common than for the back of the horse 

 to become chafed and raw from the unequal pressure of the 

 saddle; and sometimes this condition continues until trouble- 

 some tumors are formed. After a time, these break, and dis- 

 charge considerable quantities of matter. The same conse- 

 quences may proceed from the severe pressure of other por- 

 tions of the harness besides the saddle. 



These injuries of the back have taken different names, ac- 

 cording to the various phases which they assume, from the 

 first chafing of the skin to the final ulceration of the tumor. 

 Patches of skin, under the saddle, often appear dead and 

 destitute of blood, and these are called "warbles." When 

 they ulcerate and discharge pus, they are termed " sit-fasts." 

 After the tumor has gone, the saddle is often replaced too 

 soon, before the parts have entirely healed, and while there 

 is yet considerable tenderness. The rubbing now occasions 

 a hard, almost horny excrescence, and this has strangely re- 

 ceived the name of " navel gall," in consequence of its loca- 

 tion upon the back, opposite the navel. 



So many names, for what is substantially the same trouble, 

 tend to confusion, and are certainly altogether unnecessary. 

 Saddle galls they all were in the beginning, and saddle galls 

 they may be appropriately designated under all after devel- 

 opments. 



