DISEASES OP HORSES AND CATTLE. 18Y 



cases the fluid would get in between the hoof and 

 sensitive parts and cause great pain and destruc- 

 tion of the part. Where a considerable part of the 

 pastern and fetlock was affected, the discharge 

 would be sufficient to cause the bedding to become 

 wet with it, or if bandages were put on they soon 

 became soaked with the fluid. In a number of 

 cases the hind legs would swell to a great size, and 

 sometimes the pustules would appear on the inside 

 of the legs, causing great lameness. In some cases 

 there would be considerable fever, pulse sixty to 

 seventy, temperature one hundred and two to one 

 hundred and five, appetite poor, urine scanty and 

 high colored, and the bowels confined. In some 

 cases where the swelling was great the animal 

 could not rise if it lay down; but in most cases 

 they do not lie down. Those attending animals 

 affected with this disease, if they are not careful 

 to wash their hands well with soap and hot water 

 and then use carbolic lotion (half an ounce to' a 

 pint of water) and a nail brush to clean under the 

 nails, are very likely to suffer greatly, as it will 

 affect the tender part under the nails. I know of 

 a number of cases of this kind also from picking 

 the nose, or putting up the hand before it was prop- 

 erly washed to protect the ear from the cold. A 

 great many laughable but painful cases occurred 

 to men attending horses having this disease, but 

 I only know of one fatal case in man from it. 



Treatment: When first noticed, and before the 

 pustules break, grease all around the top of the 

 hoof and heels with lard and vaseline, so that it 



