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Sanies. A bloody, or greenish matter, which is sometimes 

 discharged from foul ulcers. 



Sarsaparilla. An infusion of equal parts of sarsaparilla 

 and sassafras is useful for animals when the blood is loaded 

 with morbific agents. 



Scapula. The shoulder blade. 



Scarf Skin. (See Cuticle.) 



Scarification. An incision of the skin with a lancet. 



Scirrhus. An indolent, hard tumor. 



Sclerotic Coat. (See Eye.) 



Scouring. A scouring, or purging, is common among all 

 our domestic animals. It is not a disease, but only a symp- 

 tom of a loss of equilibrium, which may proceed from im- 

 proper food, exposure to the cold and rain, which of course 

 includes a loss of caloric, or heat. There is no general rem- 

 edy, or one more speedy and effectual in the onset, than mu- 

 cilaginous drinks composed of slippery elm, combined with 

 injections of the same. Warmth and moisture to the surface, 

 and antispasmodics, (which see,) combined with astringents, 

 (barberry bark is the best, in doses of half a tablespoonful 

 every six hours,) will seldom fail to effect a cure. 



Scratches. Troublesome sores about the heels, depending 

 on morbific agents in the system, for the cure of which, see 

 Appendix. 



Scrotum. The bag, or covering of the testicles. 



Secretion. The word secretion is used to express that 

 function. 



Serum. The watery part of the blood. 



Sesamoid Bones. Two small bones on the back part of 

 fetlock joint. 



Sinew Sprung. A term sometimes applied to strains in 

 the back sinews. 



Sitfast. A horny kind of scab, which forms on the skin 

 in consequence of a saddle-gall. 



Skin. (See Cutis.) 



Slipping. (See Abortion.) 



Sole. (See Foot, part first.) 



