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Again : Take a common wine-bottle of strong whiskey, and add 

 to it sixpenny worth of good aloes, pounded : shake the bottle well, 

 five or six times the day you make it (and always before using) ; 

 let the part be well sponged with cold soft water, and then the 

 mixture well sopped in with the hand. 



As regards the absence of the hair from the part that was chafed, 

 the application of a little sweet oil to the part night and morning 

 will most probably have the effect ; but if this fail, apply every other 

 day a very little oil of cantharides. During the time of its appli- 

 cation, the horse must not have the collar on, as the oil will act 

 slightly as a blister. After its effects have passed off, the hair most 

 likely will reappear. If, however, the excoriation has gone deep, 

 and actually destroyed the skin, then in that case the hair will 

 never again reappear, as there is nothing for it to grow from. 



Sloughing wounds will require the use of caustic ; a powder com- 

 posed of corrosive sublimate one part to four parts of flour, is excel- 

 lent for the purpose, and ma}'- be sprinkled over the abraded 

 surfaces once a day. Ordinary cases will be best treated by an 

 astringent lotion — solutions of sulphate of zinc, alum, or chloride of 

 zinc are all good applications, and of them the most effectual is 

 chloride of zinc (Sir W. Burnett's disinfecting fluid) in the propor- 

 tion of one part to fifty of water. It can be applied frequently to 

 the shoulders and other parts by means of a sponge. In all cases 

 the animal's condition should be attended to, as emaciated subjects 

 are more likely to suffer from abrasions than fat ones. 



CHEST FOUNDER. 



The various derangements of parts which lead to the result 

 designated " chest founder '■' generally, although not always, appear 

 suddenly. An animal may labour under diseases affecting the diges- 

 tive organs, which from time to time may have been treated and there- 

 fore noticed. Paralysis of muscles from this state of things may 

 set in, when, if the paralysis occurs to the muscles of the fore-arm, 

 the disease is named '•' chest founder." In ''chest founder" both 

 fore-legs are " stiff," and, as it were, '' tied," and in some severe 

 cases the patient is unable to move. By over-work, exposure to 

 cold, or by bad or over-feeding, the system becomes weakened, 

 when devitalisation may finally concentrate itself in the loins, when 

 the disease is called stomach-staggers, or in the fore-arm, when the 

 animal is said to be ''chest foundered," Treatment: Give perfect 

 rest and a nutritious diet ; administer daily two grains of nux 

 vomica. Locally apply stiniulating liniments. 



