DISEASES OF THE SKIN AND SUB-TISSUES. 299 



Out of Condition (Hide-bound;. 



Either from derangement of the digestive function, or in con- 

 sequence of the animal being fed on poor provender or wcrked 

 beyond his strength, debility and emaciation ensue. A horse out 

 of condition usually loses flesh ; the hair loses its glossy appear- 

 ance ; the skin becomes unhealthy and scurfy, and he can not per- 

 form his ordinary labor without apparent fatigue. 



Treatment. — The best remedy, if the season permits, is a run at 

 grass, taking care to give a good feed of oats every night ; other- 

 wise the grass will not improve his condition. In the stable the 

 treatment is as follows : Give the animal one ounce of the fluid 

 extract of camomile flowers every morning, before feeding, and 

 at night mix one ounce of powdered poplar bark with the oats. 

 This, together with good food and rest, will complete the cure 



Herpes (Tetter). 



Herpes is a disease of the skin, manifesting itself in the form 

 of vesicles, which contain a small quantity of aqueous fluid effused 

 beneath the true skin. Sometimes they are thinly scattered over 

 the surface, and sometimes collected into clusters. The vesicles 

 appear in irregular succession. They terminate, also, in various 

 ways : by the reabsorption of the fluid, and, in bad cases, falling 

 off of the hair, and peeling of the skin, in some places. In the 

 human subject the malady is considered transient and non-con- 

 tagious, consisting of red patches, of irregular form and variable 

 size, upon each of which stands a crop of vesicles. 



Treatment. — I have been very successful in the treatment of this 

 malady by using the following lotion : 



No. 44. Glycerine 2 oz. 



Tannin 2 dr. 



Rain-water 4 oz. 



Apply once or twice daily, by means of a soft sponge. 



Tn the horse the affection sometimes assumes an epizootic form. 

 In that event it can be communicated to man, as the following 

 cases will show : 



" At the commencement of 1849, Count Faverges invited Pro- 

 fessor Papa to the valley of Borne, in Savoy, to see a disease 

 affecting animals, and which even spread to men. Every facility 



