INDEX OF DISEASES. 



ABSCESS OF THE BRAIN is caused by some injury to the head. 



Symptoms. — Refuses food ; acts dull ; a slight oozing from a trivial 

 injury upon the skull ; the animal is prostrated, and while lying down con- 

 tinues to knock his head against the ground violently until death ensues. 



Treatment. — No treatment is of any service. 



ABDOMINAL DROPSY is usually the result of chronic inflammation 

 of the bowels. 



Symptoms. — Head hanging ; mouth dry ; membranes look pale ; pulse 

 hard. If the horse turns about suddenly the act will elicit a grunt. Press- 

 ure on the abdomen will cause him to groan. A lack of spirits ; lies down 

 constantly if left to himself ; is restless, thirsty, no appetite ; is w^eak, 

 abdomen enlarged yet the horse quite thin in flesh, hide-bound and con- 

 stipated. One of the legs and the sheath are sometimes swelled. 



Treatment. — Begin the treatment as soon as you can decide as to the 

 nature of the disease. Give, night and morning, 20 grs. extract of belladonna, 

 10 grs. sulphate of quinine, 35 grs. iodide of iron, -J gr. strychnia. Mix, 

 and give at each dose. Mix 5 ozs. tincture of iodine and 2 ozs. croton oil, 

 and apply a little to a portion of the abdomen by rubbing down to the skin 

 and shifting to a different location when the skin becomes sore. Some cases 

 are incurable. 



BOTS. — The stomach seems to be the natural nursery for the protection 

 and the propagation of the stomach bot. When the eggs have remained in 

 the stomach for a year they become a perfect chrysalis (that is, the form of 

 a butterfly before it reaches the winged state), and then they release their 

 hold of the stomach and are expelled with the dung. It will be provided 

 with wings in a short time, and will fly about commencing the propagation, 

 of its species which passes through the same period of incubation, 



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