138 DISEASES OF THE HORSE. 



Ozena. — (See Gleet.) 



Palliatives. — Medicines given not to cure disease but 

 to relieve the symptoms of pain. 



Paralysis — Palsy. — Loss of the power of moving 

 in some parts of the body. Paralysis may be confined 

 to one leg or two legs, then it is called partial. AVhen 

 the horse has lost the power of standing, and the 

 four legs are afi'ected, then it is complete. Usually how- 

 ever in the horse it is confined to the hind parts, or the 

 haunches and legs. Sometimes the paralysed part is 

 numb, at others the sense of feeling remain. 



Causes. — Disease in the brain and spinal cord. 



Treatment. — If the patient is young, exercise 

 patience and time, and nature will do a great deal in a 

 disease of this kind. The general health is to be kept 

 up by good feeding and tonic medicine, as fifteen drops 

 of the tincture of nux vomica, four^times in the twenty- 

 four hours. Turn the horse from side to side twice in 

 the day, and give plenty of dry clean bedding, to pre- 

 vent the skin from scalding and peeling ofi" w^hich is 

 sometimes a source of great irritation to the poor horse. 

 The paralysed parts should be well rubbed with a stiff 

 brush. Electricity has been thought of advantage in 

 this disease, but from what I have seen, not much need 

 be expected from it. The nux vomica offers with good 

 feeding and care, the best chance for recovery. It must 

 be remembered that this is a nervous affection, and 

 probably these diseases are not so managable nor are 

 they so easily cured as other afi'ections of a different 

 type. 



Parotid Duet, Distended, — This is a rare afi'ection 



