TABLE OF SYMPTOMS 



" FACILITATE THE DETECTION OF DISEASE. 



The subjoined table presents a classified view of the prin- 

 cipal diseases to which the horse is subject, together with 

 brief summaries of the symptoms of those disorders the 

 nature of which is not clearly expressed in the name. The 

 symptoms are arranged in the order in which they usually 

 manifest themselves in the patient, and thus indicate the 

 different stages of the disease. The numbers indicate the 

 pages upon which the various diseases are flilly discussed : 



DISEASES OP THE BONES. 



(Page 69—99.) 



Big Head — Swelling of under jaw and nasal bone, and afterward of other 

 bones of the head; skin and muscles of the head become fixed, and will not 

 move by pulling the lips; constant sleepiness while standing; gaunt appear- 

 ance, drooping of head, placing hind and fore-feet near together, watery eyes, 

 %rect hair, stiff joints, dry skin; excrement hard and dry 69 



SwiNNET, OR Inflammation of the Shoulder. — Inflammation, heat, lameness 

 in the shoulder ; step, short and limping ; flesh, hard ; skin, closely adherent to 

 the bone; shoulder becomes shrunken and shriveled; patient reluctant to lie 

 down; finally, shoulder-blade descends, humerus joint swells, and the disease 

 becomes incurable. Swinney is usually accompanied by diseased feet, espe- 

 cially hoof-rot 84 



(691) 



