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find is then often preceded by sliivering and a staring coat. 

 The symptoms of this complaint are often very similar to the 

 early stages of mange, and require much d" crimination to dis- 

 tinguish the difference. 



I have known this disease, or an affect on similar to it, appear 

 periodically, and occasion the animal to be denuded of hair, in 

 spite of every thing that could be thought of to prevent it. 



Some foreign breeds of horses are much disposed to cutaneous 

 eruptions, particularly white Turkish horses. 



Treatment. — If the horse is in a plethoric state, or in full 

 condition, he should be bled, and have a dose of physic ; and, 

 if necessaiy, the following alterative may be afterwards given. 

 If, however, the animal is poor and out of condition, the blood- 

 letting and purging should be abstained from, and the following 

 alterative given daily for several days : — 



Nitre 3 drs. 



Sulphur 4 drs. 



Black antimony 2 drs. 



To be mixed with a little bran, and then given with the corn. — 

 Ed.] 



Hide-bound. 



"When a horse's hide or skin sticks to his ribs, as it were, and 

 cannot be drawn out or moved as in the healthy state, he is 

 said to be hide-bound. It indicates great weakness and poverty, 

 and sometimes a diseased state of the mesenteric vessels, and 

 consumption. It is generally occasioned by ill-usage, and bad 

 or insufficient food, and cannot be removed without proper 

 feeding and good treatment. 



The following powder may be given daily in the food, the 

 effect of which \vill be, by stimulating the stomach and bowels, 

 not only to assist digestion, but also to affect the skin by sym- 

 pathy : — 



Cantharides, finely powdered 5 grs. 



Pimento 2 drs. 



Sulphate of iron 2 drs. 



If the horse refuses this powder in his food, it may be made 

 into a ball with treacle, and continued for a week or a fortnight. 



A good piece of grass is of great service in the early part of 

 summer. 



Mange. 



[This disease is analogous to the itch In the human subject, 

 and is one of the most infectious diseases to which the horse is 

 liable. 



It usually commences with small pimples in different parts of 



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