68 DISEASES OF THE HORSE. 



cleansing him, in the building with him. Remember, this 

 is considered one of the contagious diseases of the horse. 

 Not only the safety of your own, but of your neighbor's 

 horse, depends upon your observance of these directions. 

 In case you should place a horse so affected, either in a 

 field next to your neighbor, or in his stable, and his horses 

 become affected, you will be liable to a suit at law for 

 damages arising therefrom. From my experience in horse 

 causes in the courts of Philadelphia, it will be easier to 

 bring a suit than to gain it, if there be scientific witnesses 

 on the stand, as the question will arise, Was the disease, 

 or w^as it not communicated from the sick horse so placed? 

 Obviously, these are questions more easily asked than an- 

 swered. 



Fatty Tumor. (See Tumors.) 



Farrier. — Properly, this title belongs to the black- 

 smith, whether a horse shoer, or of other branches of 

 iron working, faher ferrarius; but from some idea or 

 other, we hear of persons, otherwise well informed, say- 

 ing, when speaking of accident or sickness to horses, to 

 have or send for d, farrier. Now, what is there possessed 

 by workers in ,iron, that they should know any more 

 about diseases and their treatment than is possessed by 

 a worker in wood. Persons of education should look 

 into the etymology of a term, even if it should be used 

 by the mass of the people: for it is by the language 

 and general deportment, that a man of education is 

 known from his less learned prototype. 



Fever, Sympathetic. — This variety of fever is that 

 which is produced by accident and disease. Thus, a 

 horse gets a nail in the sensitive part of the foot, excite- 

 ment or sympathetic fever is an accompaniment. Lung 



