From the American Farmer. 

 ON THE DISEASED HORSES GENERALLY I ;dj 

 CALLED THE " BIG HEAD. I --* 



Lincoln County, ^.C. May Zeih,^^'-^- 

 Mr. J. S. Skinnek, 



=============T^==^Trrra^7h^ I a-raintoo readily, and the irritated aad suppu- 



ed and uncompaC, and •■£,^,«™';';'^. ''■f ^J^^poJ- Uating state of the wound may be advantageous ; 

 comb or pumice stone. T^e ootl is compo_^ r ^ ^^^^ ^^^^ j-^^ ^^„, ^,^e, it ■ 



ed, as medical men say, of three P^r'S' vi^„ „;,! ,^^.,1 of itself 



1st, the enamel, or outer hard covenn , ^^ ^^^ ^.^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ advanced far in its pro. 



the boneproper, which is entirely -^^f/f. p"' j^Lress, the head will now gradually, and so slow- 

 the enamel down to the g'>™'.l/'"„!iI^?rrpTv as to be scarcely perceptible, shrink to its na- 



Sir, — I observed in 

 the 30th ult. an inquiry made 



rernam'el^lown to the g-^.' -/ '^ J ^ b"e ^a 1 ^^ ^c^Tcely p^r^^ its "a- 



.h. American Farmer of serted into the jaw bone and ^'h regard to the y .^^^ ^^ere it has advanced fur 



fit " aTto the cause degree of hardness and co^^^^^^^^^^ ,he horse may still become semceabe 



the 30th ult. an '"f^y^^^i'^.e" called Big sembles other bones 

 of, and remedy for the disease c ^,^^1 ^^^ „hich passe 



Head in horses:" also a '^^'l"^,7/"vmDtoras'' ishes it. Nowinth 

 scription of the disease and its symptoms .shes it 



d^ess and consistency, ^^-^.^^^M^.thV horse" may still become serviceable, 

 ^-^^°L!„^^.^f ""ra'nd not- buuU head may never entirely regain U. na- 



script 



should be furnished 



M .. ,He c... .r,,.». ...aj, ■„^sbtA^"=}«;;^£5i.,i;'»-»'l - 



s into the tooth, and nour 



ie skeletons of horses "'^l'^'* '""'f.^'^e^.e .^e of course, stages of the disease 



,e Big Head, or Growing J^^^^' " V/^^d^ „„ ,1 effectual. 



all the bone Proper P'^,rt_ot |in wi^^ aware, Sir, that where a distemper has 



K".ier„.h ;r. B,5 He-i, «- «r;"i 



nil rc-I 1 am ctwinc, ^ji*, '"« -•- - •« f 



„. „ .— - •„-„„.,hn„t it It wouia line louiii, =" ....>-..• , , i.^vf accoinplished its ravages and spent its torce, 



presume to give an oP'^" f ""^ '^■.^^^'^^, any semblanc; to that part in sound teeth. 1 havc|acco. p _^ ^^ ,^^„^. ,^ ^^, 



be mere speculation and theory witnoui J'l ^^^^^^^ it exhibit the same appea 



T . • iU^t \ ran recommend Consistence, the sanic 

 Neither am I certain that I can _recom^me ^ j ^^^^^^ ^^ ^^^.^^.^^ ^^ ^^ 



certainty. 



.atpart in sound teeth. 1 '"f^^. ^^,\°'i,';";ever malignant and deadly it ma, 

 observed it exhibit the same appearance a"^| " ^ generally in its progress, yet at 



any thing which 



11 remedy." But as the 



rather the operation, . - , . i„ 



to be the most successful, is extremely simple 



ain that I can recommend consistence, tlie same """-"■;'",;■ bones of tbis period, some suDjecis win ...g.u - ■•" 



Lm; of the bones in other parts of tlH^i^-P^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^., „.^,j,, ,„j 1 do assure . 



tem appeared likewise to be affected. 1 hose ..n ^^.^^^^^ ^.^^ „„ ganger 1 hope- 



of the fore and hind legs, ^"%Pf''"P^'^'Ln; those who have appiied to you tor information 

 °i^ted, and some of the joints of tne back bone tj^^osc^^ ^^^.^^^ ^^..^^^.^^ ., ^ ^^.^^,^ ^^j ^,^^„,„. 



„..k;K;tofi likp anoearances. ■.._.„ („ ,.„m tViP result. 



DO danger; and may, and in my opinion wiH 

 in many instances, perform an putire cure, 

 will therefore, communicate it to you. 



In the first place, I will describe the disor- 

 der as it has fallen under my own observation p..j^-.-^-^ appearances 



as well as I can now recollect It; fo- ^^^ ^ee^J ^''^^^^^^^^^^ de 



a number of years since 1 was conversiint vvith 



instances of this kind, and whilst 1 was a boy 



About twelve or fourteen years since, it was 



very prevalent in this part of the country 



but is now rarely heard of 



Having thus given a description of the dis- 

 ease, as %vell as my recollection serves me 

 will proceed to point out the mode ot treat 

 ment which I consider its remedy. 



It is unnecessary to describe the different 



nicate to you the result. 



And with the best wishes for their success and 

 I am, Sir, 

 Respectfully yours, 

 JOHN F. BREVARD. 



your welfare, 



rely heard ot. „„o-n=oa hv those who profess to cure i 



Young hor.es seem to be more ""^'e ^° H"/^; ^^^^'^^^^^^^^^^ doubt, have some| 



this dispense than older ones. _ The ^'^order the comp,a m,^^ a^^^^^^ 



does not appear to be ^0"'='?^°"!.' .^ ^J Z ^h ve kn^^^^^^ them succeed well. At 

 it commences in a large stock of horses ma-1 1 tiave uno^i , . .,^^ . 



„V of them are apt to be affected before it is 

 eradicated ; and horses brought from a dis- 



1 nave liuu"" i>""<i "• ' ^~ ■. , . iu;„ 



heticne when the complaint prevailed m th.s 

 region, my father lost many horses by it. He 



From the Connecticut Mittor. 



The frequent occurrenc3 of mistakes in the 

 collection of roots and pl.nU, in our helds, fo| 

 medical and culinary purposes, ought .o ckci^ 



lost many horses by it. He >»^^ ^^^^^^^^ ^.^^^j^^ ^^ j^,, . ^nd especially ough 

 eradicated; and horses orougni ''"'",» "^ I ■;»;„' usg'' of numerous applications, and tried ^ , caution their children an 



tanceto supply the place "^ Jf ° 7^"^ ^ the n «; rperiments,-fomented the head-ex- o-dt,-^^^^^ ^.^^ ,rom collecting plant 



or become useless, are equally subject ^to »»« jmany^^ ^y^ teeth— trepanned the parts aflectedj aosou j-^l^^ ^^^ „„,„„sp whatever. Plants c 



_bunu with a iiot iron, and inserted setons or 



complaint, as those which have been longer 

 exposeel to the compass of its influence. U u 

 generally slow and tardy in its opevaaons, 

 both with regard to the subjects attacked by 

 it, and in attacking others : and in this way 

 will remain on the same premises for several 

 vears. 



aosoiutcij ,,.<=.».." ...^_. -.- Plants C 



and roots for any purpose whatever. Plants c 

 very different characters and qualities have s 



rowels, but was unsuccessful in every "'ay, un- / resemblance, that none but a botanis 

 til the method which I am about to recommend |' ,. „ _..: ,i. .,, — ,„;„, „„ffir.ient certaint; 



was adopted. It was suggested to h.m, it 1 am 

 not mistaken, by a traveller and a stranger. 



From that time, his horses which were dis- 

 eased recovered, and those whkb were fe 



.|!-!,:jrx:-:^t.Se^:;^o^^p;i=^^^ 



part of the head between the eye and nos 

 ail, and on both sides. This unnatural buH- 

 continues to increase in size ; in some suD- 



malady disappeared. _ r n . 



The remedy is nothing more tnan as follows— 

 Take a piece of bar iron-hav.T it formed in- 

 to the shapeof a chisel, about two inches wide. 



can distinguish them, with sufficient certainty 

 to render them safe. The names in corarno 

 u-e are frequently erroneous, and applied todil 

 ferent plants in different parts o5 the countrj 

 Thus, the plant commonly kQown and used her 

 as Bit'ter3v;eet,is not Bittersweet, but possessa 

 entirely diffefent qualities from it, and a mis 

 take might be attended by serious consequence, 

 The name Crowfoot is applied to plants of ve 

 different qualities, and mislakmg one for anott 



(.uiiuuu^^ - ' . - _ . ! , jjie siiape ol a cnisei, rti^uu. >..« different qualities, anti misiJiv.i.s ""V -rpi, 



jecls with greater, and in °\h^" f^'^'^'^^i^e Let it be about as sharp as chisels usual y are ^ would produce very distressing effects. Th 

 pidity. After the horse has been f^^^«°™^j"[;"M/;^; chased from the store, or as a falling e^^'J" 1 .^^ ofHyssop, Masterworth and 



•afleeted in this way, the under jaw ^J" ^gm w^.en p ^.^^^^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^^^^_ ^^^^ ^ same m y J 



to exhibit appearances of a like growth and d.s- ^^^ ^-^ i„ ^ fi^e until it is q"'te ""1:"^"^' ^^^^,iJ, were suggested by a mo 



;eusion,-and I have soinetimes known It even - Sl^^'^,,,^,^..^,-, fi^e is best, because -ost Jh-e rem S^^^ 



exceed the other in the rapidity of its increase 

 ■rhe subject in some instances at an earlier, and 

 in others at h later period of the disease, be- 

 «-ins to languish and lose his activity and his 

 strength; the joints grow stiff and unshapely, 

 •^nd the back becomes weak and unelastic ; until 



distressing mistake of this kind whid-cc-e 



iivenient. ^ .. , ,„„4 J in this town a few days since. A young'?"- 



Search out a gristle or ligament which extends ^^^.^^^^ j^^^j^t^^ j,„d been in the habit of u 

 .mnear the eye of a hvse to near his nostril. root of Angelica, to relieve a slight di 



and tress at the stomach, to which she was l.able.- 



.ndthe back bkomei weak and -elasti^. ; untn norse . ;;;;;7i- ^...humb of a dandy. ,Ap- ^f iJ-jf .^hieh st XCd',' s^vTuowinCtt 

 ,a length he dies, or, as is more Sequent a pe- n some Kg ^^ ^^^ ^^^^^^ .^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^_ ,.„„ „ . . ... ,.„„ 



