58 THE DISEASES OF HORSES, 



starved, and generally neglected ; and, if a properly seen-to horse suffers, 

 it is from accidental contact with his less fortunate fellow. I have seen 

 them literally swarming on a young animal just brought from grass, and 

 horses so troubled are very apt to be hide bound, and therefore require 

 good feeding and extra care. When the lice infest the tail they cause so 

 much irritation that the horse will rub it bare ; and I believe there is some 

 difference between the lice there and those that infest the body. Turpentine 

 applied to the tail will destroy them, and as these, like other insects, 

 breathe through their skin, Mayhew recommends smearing the whole body of 

 the horse with oil or grease to suffocate the lice, and afterwards washing 

 the grease off. "Stonehenge" recommends that dry white precipitate in 

 powder should be rubbed into the coat, and in a few hours brushed out, 

 muzzling the horse in the meantime to prevent him licking it. This is a 

 certain cure, but it is rather dangerous to use in such large quantities, 

 as it flies about and gets into the mouth and nose of the person who is 

 applying it, and besides that it is very expensive. I think the following 

 wash will be found thoroughly effective, easier to use, and less costly : 



Wash for Destroying Lice. — Take of stavesacre seeds, well bruised, 21b.; 

 quassia chips, lib. ; soft water, 4 gallons ; pearl ashes, 2oz. 



Boil slowly down to three gallons, strain it, and wash the horse with it, 

 using a little plain or soft soap ; let it saturate the coat to the skin, and 

 remain in the coat a minute or two, when, if necessary, plain water may 

 be added to finish the washing. I need scarcely say that after such a 

 sousing the horse must be rubbed perfectly dry. 



Looseness.— See Diarrhoea. 



Lungs, Inflammation of.— See Catarrh, Cough, &c 



Mad Staggers.— See Staggers. 



Maggots in the Skin.— See Larvce in the Shin. 



Mallenders and Sallenders.— Mallenders is the name applied to a 

 scurfy, sometimes scabby, eruption in the bend of the fore legs at the back 

 of the knee. Sallenders is the name given to a similar eruption located 

 in front of the hock. The first appearance is dry scurf, rendering the 

 hair rough, hard, and dirtv looking, and, if unchecked, the skin cracks, 

 and a sore is formed, troublesome to heal and discharging foul matter. 

 This affection, for mallenders and sallenders are identical in character, is 

 produced by foulness of blood, requiring physic and alterative medicines, 

 or, as is often the case, it is the result of the idleness and neglect of the 

 groom. If the proper course be at once taken it will not go beyond its 

 first stage. Wash with warm water, dry thoroughly, and apply two or 

 three times a day the following : 



Lead Liniment.— Goulard's extract of lead 2oz., olive oil lOoz., mixed. 



