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ounce; mix, and apply with rubbing with the hand, once 

 a week, for a month. Lard or oil the parts daily, be- 

 tween each application. 



Stomach Diseases- — (See Gastritis Mucosa, Stag- 

 gers, Colic and Enteritis.) 



Stone in the Bladder. — Are those concretions 

 named calculi, formed in the bladder from a diseased 

 condition of the urine. 



Symptoms. — Pain, occasional stoppage in the stream 

 of the urine before all is passed, a straddling gait. 



Treatment. — Is the province of surgery. 



Strains. — (See Sprains.) 



Strangles. — This is an eruptive fever, characterized 

 by swelling in and between the bones of the lower jaw, ter- 

 minating in an abscess. 



Cause. — A specific poison in the blood, which few, if 

 any horses which live ten years, ever escape. It espe- 

 cially attacks young horses, but it is often seen in horses 

 of increased years. Sometimes, the enlargement or ab- 

 scess of the strangles, is seen on the side of the face, and 

 even on other portions of the body. 



Treatment. — Give the horse grass, or soft feed, and 

 little or no medicine. The appetite will return when the 

 abscess is opened, or breaks of itself. This is the great se- 

 cret in the treatment of strangles. Do not poultice the 

 swelling, as it will only thickens the skin. If any thing 

 is to be done to hasten the abscess, rub in a little of the 

 ointment of Spanish fly. (See Medicines and Prescrip- 

 tions.) 



Stranguary. — This is a name given to the urine, 

 when mixed with blood, and when pain is present when 

 the horse is urinating. 



