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GLOSSARY OF DISEASES. 



Capped Hock, 



Catakact, 



- A swelling of the point of the hock, behind^ 



caused by an enlargement of a sac containing 

 synovial fluid, as in blood spavin. 



- A disease of the eye. 



Colic, Spasmodic, - A spasmodic action of the muscular coat over 

 certain parts of the intestines, without a cor- 

 responding activity of the wh ole. It pro- 

 duces an irregularity in the passage of the 

 food through the intestinal canal, and causes 

 great pain. 



Colic, Flatulent, - An inflation of the bowels by gas emitted by 

 the fermentation of undigested food. 



Contraction op the 



Foot, A drawing together of the back part of the 



foot, and an accompanying reduction of the 

 size of the frog. 



Corn, A bruising of the sensible sole, and an accom. 



panying rupture of its blood-vessels at the 

 angles, between the wall of the foot and the 

 bar. 



Curb, ----- An enlargement of the back part of the hock, 

 three or four inches below its point, and a 

 strain of the ligaments of the tendon, or a 

 rupture of its sheath. 



Diabetes, - - - - 

 Distemper,- - - - 

 Enteritis, - - - - 



Falling in of the 

 Foot, 



False Quarter, 



Excessive urinating. 



An epidemic catarrhal fever. 



Inflammation of the external coats of the 

 stomach. 



A depression of the front part of the wall of the 

 foot, caused by the descent of the coffin-bone 

 m pumiced feet. 



A more or less complete separation of the hoof 

 as it grows down from the coronet. The re- 

 sult of injury to the coronet, or of neglected 

 quarter, crack, or quittor. 



