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Treatment. — EUiman's should be well rubbed on and around 

 the part every day until too sore to be continued, when it must 

 be left alone until the scurf raised is removed, and the soreness 

 has subsided, when the rubbing as before may be repeated if 

 necessary. 



There is no known preventive of this disease, but, as it is 

 well known to descend from parent to offspring, those subject 

 to it should not be bred from, however suitable they may be in 

 other respects 



SADDLE AND HARNESS GALLS. 



The cause is obvious. Saddlery and harness should be more 

 frequently overhauled. Some skins are, however, so prone to 

 gall that no one is to blame. The galls inflicted by saddlery 

 and harness differ so much in intensity that the same treatment 

 is not applicable to all. The least lump or swelling should be 

 dispersed without delay by gentle friction with EUiman's. 

 Neglected, it may run on to an abscess. 



ABSCESS. 



The EUiman's will still be the best remedy, because its 

 application will save time by assisting nature to bring the 

 matter to a point. This treatment applies to all abscesses, no 

 matter from what cause. When the finger is able to detect a 

 thin place, the matter is said to " point," and the time has 

 arrived to lance it and let out the contents. 



A pledget of tow dipped in the EUiman's should then be 

 inserted into the wound for one night, or it may refill ; upon a 

 few inches around the orifice the skin should receive a daily 

 application, to prevent the formation of more matter. No 

 further treatment will be required if the wound is kept 

 clean. 



