226 GREASE; CROWN-SCAB, &C. 



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S)'inptoms and Causes of the Grease. 



if the skin become horny, it may be cut out, and 

 the place well rubbed with the nitrated oint- 

 ment (No. 32, p. 52) once a day. Or, if thought 

 more proper, it may be dressed with the com- 

 pound tincture (No. 116, p. 176), and the last- 

 mentioned powders (No. 142, p. 224). By this 

 method the practitioner will be enabled to per- 

 form cures in every case. 



CHAP. XLI. 



CREASE, CROWN-SCAB, AND RAT-TAIL. 



The grease is a disorder well known to most 

 persons who keep horses. It makes its appear- 

 ance at the latter end of the year, and during the 

 winter season. This disease may proceed from 

 different causes; as, debility in the system, a 

 gross habit of body, a relaxation of the vesselSj 

 and a bad disposition of the blood and juices. 



