104 DISEASES OF THE HORSE. 



ture, which will ultimately end in producing diseases of 

 like character. A great number of those affections, 

 which are usually styled hereditary, — do not make their 

 appearance until years after their birth, because it re- 

 quires time and work to develop them. Few persons 

 would expect a horse with cow hock, (which see), to 

 become curbed without work, as a secondary cause. 

 There is one other point worthy of remark, when speak- 

 ing of hereditary disease, and that is many animals, 

 which have been bred poor, have been animals badly 

 fed and cared for, whereas if good feeding and care, 

 had been bestowed upon them, it would have gone a long 

 way in lessening the certainty of developing hereditary 

 diseases in themselves, and their offspring. This is every 

 day being illustrated in the family of man. There are 

 several rules laid down to be observed as measures to 

 prevent and modify these conditions, which result in pro- 

 ducing disease of hereditary predisposition. And there 

 have been receipts found in the temple of ^sculapius, and 

 said to be in the handwriting of Hippocrates himself, 

 for the purpose of mitigating the hereditary conditions, 

 which are so often seen in the human family. Although 

 these rules cannot in all cases be applied to animals, 

 nevertheless, much can be done ; but the better way will 

 be to avoid breeding from diseased animals. So long as 

 like begets like, so long will we have hereditary disease 

 among horses. 



Hide Bound. — This, properly speaking, is not a dis- 

 ease, but the symptom of bad condition, "out of sorts," 

 debility, etc. 



Treatment. — Feed in large bulk, or mixed feed, cut 

 hay, corn meal, and bran in good proportion, with no 

 more water than will keep the particles togther. Give 



