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the same time to cure the cutaneous eruptions, and res- 

 tore the hair, take linseed oil, one ounce, pyroligneous 

 acid, 3 ounces, spirits of turpentine, 1 ounce. Two or 

 three applications of this compound will generally suffice. 

 The parts to which the application has been made must 

 be washed with soap and water. The vermin can also be 

 destroyed by sponging the body with an infusion of 

 lobelia. 



HIDE BOUND. 



This term is applied to horses whose coat are staring, 

 and skin tight on the ribs and otherwise out of condition. 

 It is not so much of a disease as a symptom of a disease, 

 particularly of the digestive organs. Every disease that 

 can effect the general system may produce this. Glan- 

 ders, scratches, chronic cough, farcy founder, are accom- 

 panied by hide bound. Diet too sparing, or want of change 

 in diet, is an unfailing source of it ; if the cause is removed, 

 the effect will follow. 



Treatment. — If no disease appears about the horse, 

 change the diet, clothe the body warmly, give a few 

 mashes, and a mild physic, or give alteratives, and there 

 is none better than that which is in common use, pulver- 

 ized antimony, nitre and sulphur. Should the horse not 

 feed well, and there is no fever, a slight tonic may be 

 given of ginger. Friction may be used to advantage. 



GLANDERS. 



This is the most formidable of all the diseases to which 

 the horse is subject. This disease is spontanous with 

 the horse only. In other animals, it is the result of con- 

 tagion. In the horse, it is the result of injuries of some 

 kind, acting upon and weakening the vital energies of 

 the lining membrane of the nose. It is often the conse- 

 quence of catarrh, influenza, distemper, and long-continu- 

 ed discharge from the nose. 



They have been produced by the injection of stimula- 

 ting and acrid substance up the nostril. No disease will 

 run on to glanders which has not, to a considerable and 

 palpable degree, impaired and broken down the constitu 



