172 DISEASES OF THE HORSE. 



head to foot, and he will lose his condition irretrievably 

 if the disease be not treated in time. Use the following 

 ointment, and rack up the horse during its action, so 

 that he cannot lick himself : 



Corrosive Sublimate . . . . |- ounce 



Soft Soap ...... 3 pounds 



Mercurial Ointment . . . . a pound. 



Rub in this ointment three times a week, washing the 

 body all over with warm soap and water on alternate 

 days. 



SUEFEIT. 



This disease presents itself by a mass of broad and 

 flat pimples breaking out all over the body. Some- 

 times the eyes are completely closed from the swelling. 



I was once called to see a thoroughbred mare which 

 had undergone a severe clothes sweat when over fat, 

 and in about six hours she was one mass of eruption, 

 which had been carelessly mistaken by a pseudo-practi- 

 tioner for farcy, and the mare's death warrant was 

 nearly sealed. I ordered her to be led out in the fields 

 without any clothes during the cool of the evening and 

 have no food for twenty-four hours save bran and 

 water, with two ounces of spirits of nitre. In two days 

 all the eruption had disappeared, and the mare resumed 

 her work without further treatment. It may be as 

 well to state that the lumps produced by surfeit are 

 easily distinguished from farcy buds by the most inex- 

 perienced if they will take the trouble to examine them. 



