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Fig. 270. Sallanders 



Fig. 271. Mallendcrs 



is of the first importance that the diet be carefully regulated and the work 

 be duly adjusted to it. Excess of highly stimulating food must be guarded 

 against. A liberal allowance of carrots and moist bran will prove useful 

 in maintaining a free and regular action of the bowels. Where constipation 

 exists a dose of physic may be required, and should the disease prove obsti- 

 nate an ounce of Fowler's solution of arsenic must be administered morning 

 and evening in the food. 



MALLENDERS AND SALLANDERS 



Eczema in a local form is seen in that condition of the legs known to 

 stablemen as mallenders and sallanders. Here the disease is confined to 

 the flexures or " bends " of the knees and hocks respectively. In the 



