xii CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER VI. 



Wounds and Bruises : 



Antiseptics — ■ Antiseptic surgery — General treatment of wounds — 

 Abscess — -Contusions and bruises — Over-reaches — Brushing— Speedy 

 cutting — Legal aspect of cutting — -Wounds on or near joints — Broken 

 knees — Wounds of the mouth — Punctures from thorns, etc. — Saddle 

 galls and sore backs — ^liarness galls — Poll evil — Burns and scalds- 

 Wounds of the abdomen — Wounds of the chest — Bleeding after 

 castration — -Peritonitis — Stroke of lightning — Frost-bite— Inflamma- 

 tion of veins — Inflammation of the testicles from injury ... 67 



CHAPTER VII. 



Malignant Tumours : 



Botryomycosis— Scirrhous cord — Actinomycosis— Melanosis. . . 121 



CHAPTER VIII. 



Parasitic Skin Diseases : 



General remarks on parasites— Flies — Leeches — Maggots — Lice — • 

 Ticks — - Poultry mites — Mange insects — Parasitic ringworm — 

 Bursatee 130 



CHAPTER IX. 



Non-Parasitic Skin Diseases : 



Simple eczema — Itchy tail — Cracked heels and grease — Mud fever — 

 Surfeit — Scaly eczema — Warts and nsevi — Hidebound — Leucoderma. 150 



CHAPTER X. 



Diseases and Injuries of the P^eet : 



Thrush — Contracted heels — Canker — Sandcrack— False-quarter — Split 

 hoof — Acute laminitis — Chronic laminitis — Seedy toe — -Pumiced feet 

 — Brittle feet— Inflammation of the coronet, or villitis — Navicular 

 disease — Horn tumour — Wounds and bruises of the coronet — Pricks 

 in shoeing — Wounds of the sole and frog —Corns — Quittor — Forging 

 or clicking . . . . . . . . • • .164 



CHAPTER XL 



Diseases of Bone, Joints, and Cartilage : 



General remarks — Splints — Enlargement of the splint bones — Sore 

 shins — Ringbone — Bone spavin — Osteoporosis — Rickets — -Rheuma- 

 toid joint disease — Stift' joints and knuckling over — Sidebones . 230 



