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Gall. — A sore, produced by pressure or cliafmg of the saddle or 

 harness. 



Treatment. — Sec Bruise. 



Glanders. — A contagious disease to animals and man, frequently 

 resulting- from neglected strangles, common cold, distemper, the ])rin- 

 cijial symptoms of wliicli are : 



1. A sickly discharge, sticking to the nostrils. 



2. A swelling of the jugular glands; they become hard, but with- 

 out pain. 



3. Ulceration of the mendirane, lining the whole cavity of the 

 nose. (See Plate II, Fig. I, Kos. 1, 2, 3,^and Fig. II.) 



The cure of tliis disease has been frequently asserted ; but this must have been 

 either by mistaking some slight attack of distemper or chronic strangles for the 

 glanders, or by empty boasting. Glanders are incurable. 



Geease. — An inflammation of the skin of the heels, with dis- 

 charge of offensive matter, which renders them dry and hard, and 

 causes them to crack. 



Treatment. — A clean, dry stable, frequent washing with cold or warm soap- 

 suds, and afterwards wiped dry. Sometimes, purgative No. 3 will do good. 



Grogginess. — A weakness and tottering condition of the fore 

 legs, accompanied usually by a knuckling over of the fetlock-joint. A 

 horse is said to be (jroggy^ when he has a tenderness or stiffness 

 about the feet, which causes him to go in an uneasy, hopping manner. 

 (Plate II. No. 31.) 



H. E. — If the case is recent — arnica, rlius-toxicodendron. If of long stand- 

 ing — mercurius-solubilis, conium, petroleum, silicea. 



A. \\. — See Clap of the Sinews. 



Heaves. — See Broken Wind. 



Hernia. — A ])rotrusion of the intestines through a natural or arti- 

 ficial opening in the belly — rupture. (See Plate II. No. 34, 35.) 



Treatment. — If it be of recent date, make bolsters of oakum, and fasten them 

 tightly around the horse with a strap. Give internally, arnica, and if there is in- 

 fianmiation, aconite. When tlie hernia is strangulated, a veterinary surgeon can- 

 not be dispensed with. 



