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abouts the mucous membrane within the nostrils and the 

 lips are studded with scarlet spots about the size of a pea ; 

 these, after a little while, run together. When these become 

 confluent there is formed an effusion of blood under the skin 

 called ecchymosis. In most instances of this disorder similar 

 spots appear over the body, but chiefly about the head and 

 neck, and are seen particularly in light colored horses. In 

 about a fortnight or three weeks the hair falls from these 

 spots on the skin, and the cuticle scales away, leaving bare 

 patches. Besides these symptoms there are others. Drop- 

 sical swellings appear about the head and legs ; these are 

 not so large as in purpura, neither are so hard and painful 

 as those of erysipelas ; they are generally soft and pitting to 

 the touch. 



Treatment. — The principal treatment at the outset of 

 the disease is rest and good nursing, such as may prevent 

 untoward complications. The first thing required is a cool, 

 comfortable, loose box-stall, if possible. Bandage the legs 

 and put a linen cover over the body of the animal ; outside 

 this linen wTapper a warm rug will be required. The best 

 medicines in this case are the following. Take of: 

 Muriate of ammonia 



c, , ^ , one and a half ounces of each. 



Saltpetre 



Gentian _ _ _ _ _ three ounces. 



Make into six balls ; give one night and morn. 



After a few days change this to the following treatment : 



o 1 n i Carbonate of ammonia - ) two ounces of 

 8 balls - r> ^- 11 



( Gentian - - - - j each. 



Give one of these balls night and morning. 



