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buttons, on different ]);irts of tlie surface ; these become gra<lu:illy 

 soft or su2)purate, and burst, becoming a foul ulcer. Tlie vessels look 

 like worms or strings. This disease is intimately connected with 

 glanders. 



II. I\. — Aconite, if accoinpanied with fever ami liot and painful tumors. Ar- 

 senicum and china, alternately, if the buds are cold ; rhus-toxicodendron, sul- 

 phur, and assafa-tida are especially to be recommended. 



A. K. — Sound horses must be immediately removed from tlie sick one. Then 

 open the pimples with a knife or a lancet ; wash the wounds thoroughly with a 

 strong lotion of corrosive sublimate, dissolved in rectified spirit, and cauterize 

 the wounds to the bottom. After three or four days, wash them with warm soap- 

 suds, moisten them with vinegar, and put common salt and wood ashes on them, 

 in equal parts. Internally, give daily, four ounces No. 14. The animal should be 

 generously fed, kept clean, have sea-baths, fresh air, and moderate exercise. 



Fever. — This shows itself in alternating heat and cold, increased 

 thirst, accelerated pulse, redness of the mucous membrane, and a 

 foulty secretion. It has several degrees. According to their char- 

 acteristics, they are classed as inflammatory, putrid, typhoid, &c. 

 Fever is, mostly, a health-restoring disease, or the ally of other evils, 

 and fi-equently receives its name from them, as inflammatory, ca- 

 tarrhal, bilious fever, &c. 



A. E.. — After removing the cause, it is well to rub the horse, to produce the 

 necessary warmth ; also, give a slight cathartic (glauber-salts) . Give shorts, for 

 feed, and keep the animal in a healthy, dry stable, free from draught. Fevers, 

 when mentioned under their respective names, have their proper remedies desig- 

 nated in that place. 



Fistula. — A deep, narrow, callous ulcer, Avith a narrow orifice, 

 and Avithout disposition to heal, arising, generally, fi*om abcesses. 



H. E. — Pulsatilla, alternately with ledrum palustre. Lj'copodium, when the 

 orifice is very narrow ; calcarea-carbonica, in almost all its different forms. 



A. R. — Warm, spicy, aromatic fomentations, with salve No. IG, will frecniently 

 cure the disease. In obstinate cases the ulcer must be opened, so that all the 

 matter shall run out. Touch over with lunar caustic, and tie the wound up with 

 No. 10. Frequently recourse must bo had to the hot iron. 



Fistula in the Poll, or Poll-Evil. — A troublesome ulcer on 

 the head. 



For treatment. — See Fistula. 



