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may be rubbed well with a strong linament of ammonia, or 

 apply mustard to the affected parts. Before applying them 

 let the parts be well rubbed down. In cities where hot 

 vapor baths can be had we can highly recommend them. 



Proper attention to feeding and nourishing the patient 

 will also be required. As the animal improves give tonics 

 and stimulants, such as ammonia and gentian. 



WEED OR CELLULITIS. 



Cause. — This lesion, although supposed to be confined 

 to either of the hind limbs, depends upon a constitutional 

 derangement, and therefore we place it among the Blood 

 Diseases. 



The first indication of trouble is observed in one of the 

 hind legs (generally the left) ; there is considerable swelling, 

 heat and tenderness, along the inside of the leg so affected. 

 The causes producing this state of things are various, but it 

 is generally observed that animals highly fed and irregularly 

 worked, or creatures at constant hard work, left suddenly 

 without work or exercise ; both of these conditions may lead 

 to Weed or Cellulitis. 



Similar effects are also seen following exposure to wet, 

 when the secretions of the skin are arrested, especially 

 in horses of Ioav breed and coarse limbs, as well as those 

 in which the muscles are soft and flabby, and the legs 

 round. These remarks apply particularly to many of the 

 coarse animals brought from Pennsylvania. 



How does this swelling and lameness supervene, and what 

 are the constitutional disturbances which cause these symp- 

 toms .^ To these questions we answer: that when animals 

 are irregularly worked, or not worked at all, and at the same 

 time highly fed, under these circumstances the food is assim- 

 ilated in larger quantity than the wants of the system re- 

 quire ; as these exists for some time, the chyle so formed 

 accumulates in the absorbent glands and vessels, which con- 

 sequently becomes irritated and inflamed. Or we may ex- 



