200 SADDLE-GALLS — SIT-FASTS. 



CHAPTER XXVII. 



THE TREATMENT OF EXCORIATIONS, WOUNDS, AND 

 ULCERS POLL EVIL — FISTULOUS WITHERS, ETC. 



Among the more frequent excoriations are those pro- 

 duced by an unequal pressure of the saddle or any 

 part of the harness, and termed 



SADDLE-GALLS. 



If properly treated before they become too large, 

 or too much inflamed, or begin to deeply ulcerate, 

 they are easily cured. The saddle should be carefully 

 examined, and all inequality of pressure taken away 

 by padding or chambering. The only inequality 

 which should be permitted, and that only a temporary 

 one, should be to prevent any bearing upon the sore 

 part of the body, 



The wound should be bathed two or three times 

 every day with the following lotion : — 



RECIPE (No. 51). 

 Lotion to heal the wound left by Saddle-Galls. 



Take — Chloride of zinc, one drachm ; 

 Water, one quart. 



SIT-FASTS. 



These bear a marked resemblance to the corns of the 

 human foot, like which they are no more than an un- 

 natural thickening of the cuticle, consequent upon con- 

 tinued pressure. Most persons know that corns are 



