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When the loins are attacked, the horse suffers extreme 

 pain, the locomotive muscles lose their wonted energy, 

 dorcal and lumbar flexibility are suspended, and he is 

 obliged to step short alike on all-fores. 



Treatment. — Give bran mashes, and keep him well 

 covered, and rub the parts affected with the following 

 embrocation : — 



Liquor Ammonia Fort 1 ounce. 



Spirits Camphor 1 , , 



Spirits of Tuqjentine 1 , , 



Tincture of Opium ^ ,, 



Mix in a bottle^ and shake well before using. 

 The animal to have walking exercise twice a day. 



Hide Bound. 



This term implies a tightness of the skin, which feels 

 as if it were glued to the ribs, the coat having, at the 

 same time, a rough unhealthy appearance. 



Cause. — This state of the skin accompanies various 

 complaints, such as farcy, founder, chronic cough, grease, 

 general debility, and glanders ; when they have assumed 

 the constitutional character, are all accompanied by an 

 impaired state of the digestive organs, and to them our 

 first remedies must be applied, and as soon as the cause 

 is removed, the skin will be restored to its natural 

 healthy condition and appearance. 



Cure. — If the complaint is connected with any of the 

 maladies to which I have referred, then the horse must 

 be put under medical treatment, as the complaint is 

 connected with the suspension of some important secre- 

 tion, and the alimentary canal generally. Give the 

 following mild purgative every day for a week until the 

 bowels are open. 



Barbadoes Aloes 1 drachm. 



Calomel ^ ,, 



I^itre 2 ,, 



Made into a ball with treacle. 



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