50 GREASE; 



GKEASE. 



Grease consists of swollen legs, al^W^li 

 swelled legs occur frequently, yet there is no 

 grease. Friction and bandaging will generally 

 remove this. Grease is a specific inflammation 

 of the skin of the heels, sometimes of the fore- 

 feet, hut oftener of the hinder ones. It is not 

 a contagious disease, as some have asserted 

 although when it once appears in a stahle.i1 

 frequently attacks almost every horse ill if?-^ 

 Bad stable management is the true cause^of it.' 

 The first appearance of grease is usually^a.dry 

 and scurfy state of the skin of the heel, witli 

 redness, heat and itching. The heel should br 

 well but gently washed with soap and wa^^r^ 

 and as much of the scurf detached as is easll; 

 removed. If the cracks are deep, with an ich^ 

 orous discharge and considerable lameness, iT^ 

 will be necessary to poultice. A poultice made 

 of carrots boiled soft and mashed will answer 

 the purpose. The efficacy of a carrot poultice 

 is seldom sufficiently appreciated in cases like 

 this. The poultice just referred to should be 



