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Mad Staggers. — An affection of the brain. (See 

 Staggers.) 



Maggots. — These are sometimes seen in neglected 

 wounds and sores, in warm weather. To remove them, 

 apply equal parts of creosote and olive oil, or a solution of 

 corrosive sublimate. 



Malignant. — A term applied to diseases of a fatal 

 character ; as glanders, for instance. Why the term ma- 

 lignant should not be applied to such a disease as locked- 

 jaw, or inflammation of the bowels, which are so often 

 fatal, is one of the inexpli cables of medical nosology or 

 terminology, not easily for me to understand. 



Malignant Epidemic- — English writers tell us that 

 a malignant epidemic has attacked horses on the Euro- 

 pean Continent. Influenza is a disease from which scarcely 

 one per cent should die when scientifically and intelli- 

 gently treated; but by bleeding, blistering, physicking, 

 and low diet, a really simple and non-fatal disease, is at 

 once converted into a fatal and malignant epidemic. 



Mallenders. — A term used by old books and horse 

 doctors, to a scaly condition of the skin of the back part 

 of the leg, opposite to the knee. A term which cer- 

 tainly, to say the least, should long ago have been blot- 

 ted out of all the books, as vague, uncertain, unmeaning. 

 It is sad, to think of the low condition of the mind of the 

 genius horse doctor. 



This scaly eruption is the result of dryness of the 

 skin of the back part of the leg, where the greatest and 

 almost constant movement of the joint is going on. The 

 same condition is seen on the face of some joints, and in 

 others the back, from the constant mobility of the parts. 



