A GLOSSARY OF DISEASES. 



ALBuao, - - 



Anchylosis, - 



Amaurosis, 

 Blood Spavin, 



Bloody Urine, 



Bog Spavin, - 

 Bone Spavin, - 



BOTS, - - - 



Break-down, - - - 



Broken Knees, - - 



Broken Wind, - - 

 Bruise op the Sole, 



Partial dimness of the corner of the eye, with 

 whitish spots. 



Loss of motion in joints ; bones grown together, 

 or ligaments contracted. 



A sort of blindness called " glass eyes." 



An enlargement of the sac which contains the 

 lubricating fluid of the hock joint. 



An emission of blood, more or less mixed with 

 urine. 



An aggravated form of blood spavin. 



A bony enlargement of the lower part of the 

 hock joint on the inner side of the leg. 



The larvae of the gad-fly. The eggs are de- 

 posited on the horse's hair, and after he licks 

 them off, and swallows them, they are hatched 

 in the stomach, where they adhere to its sur- 

 face. 



Eupture of the sheath which confines the back 

 tendon of the leg. 



Injury to the knees from falling. The skin is 

 broken, and, at times, the joint is opened. 



Ruptui-e of the air-cells of the lungs ; heaves. 



Injury, and consequent inflammation of the sensi- 

 ble, or inner sole, caused by pressure of a badly 

 fitting shoe, of gravel between the shoe and 

 the foot, &c. 



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