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occasionally the immediate cause of death in cases of 

 colic. 



NEEDLE ARMED WITH -VTIRE. 



Saddle Galls. — Sores produced by the saddle and 

 other portions of the harness, ^nd are best treated by 

 the compound tincture of aloes or myrrh. When the 

 sores become hard and firm, like warts, use the ointment 

 of iodide of mercury. (See Medicines and Prescrip- 

 tions.) Remove the cause of the trouble by attending 

 to the saddle and harness, and if there be no fault to be 

 found with the stuffing of the saddle, cut a hole suffi- 

 ciently large in the padding to accommodate the sore 

 without touching it. 



Sallenders.— (See Mallenders.) 



Saliva. — The fluid which is secreted by the salivary 

 glands into the mouth, and is swallowed with the food. 

 When horses are feeding, the saliva mixes with the feed, 

 and resolves, dissolves, and changes it into a soft mass fit 

 to be swallowed. (See Parotid Duct.) 



Salivation. — This is an increased flow of saliva in- 

 duced in the horse by mercury and other medicines, and 

 is often seen in horses which are feeding upon the second 

 crop of clover late in the fall of the year, or after slight 

 frosts ; which fact sufficiently accounts not only for the 

 salivation of, but also the reason why, horses so feeding 

 lose flesh and become thin and weak, although apparently 

 feeding upon abundance. 



Second crop clover grows fast, is soft, and full of mois- 

 ture, and cool nights arrest its mush-room growth, and 



