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on the horse being removed from harness he becomes covered with 

 'lumps,' varying in size from a shilling to a small plate. 



"■ The severity of the disease is not in proportion to the number 

 and size of the patches ; in many cases the disappearance of an 

 extensive eruption is as rapid as its outbreak, while the apparently 

 milder form of the attack, indicated by the presence of numerous 

 small lumps, commonly resists treatment for a long time, and in 

 some instances becomes chronic, assuming the character of " ring- 

 worm." Sometimes a minute opening appears in the centre of the 

 denuded spots, and an acrid discharge issues, adding to the unsightly 

 appearance by adhering to the surrounding hair, and ultimately 

 causing it to fall off. Treatment of this form of surfeit must be 

 regulated by the knowledge of the complications of the disease with 

 others of previous existence, When the eruption occurs during the 

 progress of influenza or catarrh, it is seldom necessary to modify 

 the treatment, excepting in so far as attention to the temperature of 

 the stable and the arrangement of the clothing are concerned ; but 

 the affection in its uncomplicated form requires to be dealt with by 

 active remedies, to prevent the subsidence into the chronic stage, 

 which is difficult of cure. 



" As soon as the attack is observed — often immediately after the 

 horse is put into his stable on returning from a journey in summer, 

 or even before the preliminaries to his entrance are completed — a 

 dose of some diaphoretic medicine, aided by clothing, will frequently 

 effect an immediate cure. A very favourite nostrum for the treat- 

 ment of these sudden eruptions is compounded of aloes, tartarised 

 antimony and nitre, about two drachms of each, made into a ball, 

 and administered as soon as the blotches are perceived. If a repeti- 

 tion of the medicine becomes necessary, it is usually modified by 

 omitting the aloes, or diminishing the quantity, in order to avoid 

 purgation, which would interfere with the horse's work, although it 

 would not be detrimental in any other way. Bleeding was also a 

 remedy in common use at one time ; and generally successful. 

 ■Warm clothing is necessary, and for a few days it is desirable not to 

 expose the horse to cold or wet. Should the eruption become 

 chronic, and the hair fall off in circular patches, the means found 

 effectual in the acute stage are no longer of any use. The com- 

 pounds of iodine, employed both externally and internally, have 

 proved successful in most chronic cases, but only after considerable 

 perseverance. The ointment of the iodide of sulphur is a conve- 

 nient preparation for application to the denuded places, and at the 

 same time half a drachm of iodide of potassium may be adminis- 



