6o HORSES. 



MUD FEVER, 



This disease is of the nature of erythema, and should be 

 treated with internal remedies as well as applications to the skin. 



Cooling doses of Epsom salts should be given, say J lb. in a 

 mash at night for two or three nights; and, for a lotion, i fluid 

 ounce of Goulard's extract, mixed in a pint of linseed oil, should 

 be used. 



Prevention. — On returning to the stable, wash off the dirt, 

 wipe dry, and let the legs be rubbed with a little Embrocation 



GREASE, 



Coarse, hairy-legged horses are very liable to this disease of 

 the skin of the heels and lower part of the back of the legs. 



Constitutional remedies, as well as outside agents, need to be 

 employed. 



Sulphates of zinc and of copper dissolved in water make a 

 very good lotion, half an ounce of either sulphate of zinc, or 

 sulphate of copper, dissolved in a pint of water, may be applied 

 with a sponge once or twice a day. Small doses, one or two 

 drachms of the sulphate of copper, given in the form of a ball for 

 several nights, will be perfectly safe and beneficial. 



Prevention. — Keep the legs as dry as possible and never wash 

 them. Brush out the mud when dry. Give an occasional 

 diuretic ball. 



DISEASES OF THE FEET, 



Contracted Feet. — Many a horse is reduced in value by 

 contracted feet. They may not cause him to go lame, but 

 experience proves that he is more likely to do so than a horse 

 with a large open foot. 



Treatment. — A foot can be made to grow larger, even in an 

 old horse, if the band round the top is stimulated from time to 

 time with the Elliman's. 



The foot grows from the coronary band just as the human 

 nail does from the quick, and anything that stimulates the 

 coronary band causes an increased growth. Rub on the 

 EUiman's three times a week. 



