THEIR PATUOLOGY, DIAGNOSIS, AND TREATMENT. 53 



Hidebound- — The condition of the horse familiarly known as hidebonnd 

 is in every case the result of culpable neglect of his wants by his owner. 

 It arises from exposure in cold wet weather, in bare pasture, or open shed, 

 or straw-yard, where no protection is provided, and accompanied by an 

 insufficiency of food, or food of such quality that it fails to yield sufficient 

 healthy sustenance. Horses subjected to such treatment— and particularly 

 those that have been accustomed to have their wants properly supplied 

 and their comforts studied — soon present a miserable and dejected appear- 

 ance, with the belly down, and the skin, foul and dirty, is harsh and 

 tightly stretched all over the body, having lost all its elasticity, with its 

 softness and gloss. 



When the cause is so apparent the remedy is not far to seek. A return 

 to good wholesome, nutritious diet, not, however, too suddenly, but 

 gradually, introducing corn and beans, with a mash and a few cut roots, 

 will restore the animal to his wonted health. With the general debility, 

 which more or less attends on a state of hidebound, it is highly probable 

 the digestive organs have suffered in their constant attempts to assimilate 

 sufficient nutriment from the rubbish with which to stay the gnawings of 

 hunger, the stomach has been constantly crammed; it will, therefore, be 

 well to assist the horse's recovery to perfect health by a course of tonics, 

 combining with them such medicines as have a direct action on the skin. 

 The following powders will be found useful : 



Tonic Poivders. — Pure sulphate of iron, 3oz. ; powdered gentian, 6oz. ; 

 ground ginger, 3oz. ; ground aniseed, 6oz. ; mix and divide into twelve 

 powders, and give one daily mixed with the food and slightly damped. 



Give at the same time 1 drachm of Fowler's solution of arsenic night 

 and morning, either in water after the feed, or mixed with a little water 

 and sprinkled over the corn. 



Hock, Capped. — See Capped Hock. 



Hydrophobia. — This terrible disease is comparatively rare, and never 

 exists except as the result of contagion from the bite of some rabid 

 animal, generally cat or dog. The symptoms vary ; sometimes there is an 

 entire loss of appetite, and in other cases the appetite is ravenous, and 

 at the same time vitiated, everything within reach being greedily consumed, 

 even to the most soiled litter ; there is great nervous excitement, and the 

 animal becomes wild and dangerous. As science has hitherto failed 

 to discover a cure for this frightful malady the poor sufferer should, by a 

 well directed shot or some other speedy means, be delivered from hia 

 great sufferings. 



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Inflammation of the Bowels.— See Enteritis. 

 Inflammation of the Eye.— See Ophthalmia. 

 Inflammation of the Kidneys.— See Kidneys. 



