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11) ay be easily removed by the aid of a forceps, or by the finger 

 nail. 



" When the kunkur has once gi'own, unless it is completely burnt 

 out with caustic, fresh deposits of the same kind are found under 

 the skin all round — perhaps owing to some of the diseased matter 

 being carried from the original centre by the absorbents. 



" Many of these deposits being no larger than pins' points, it is 

 very difficult to be sure that all are eradicated ; and if any remain 

 they will probably increase in size, and cause the sore to burst out 

 afresh during the next hot season. I have seen pieces of kunkur 

 the size of peas picked from the membrane inside the eyelids of 

 colts whose eye fringes, being out of repair, did not keep off flies — 

 an ulcer or sore not having had time to form " {J^feyriclx). 



A dried-up bursatee sore, the appearance of which has not been 

 modified by the action of caustics, etc., may be recognised from the 

 fact of its margin and base being hard ; from its surface being but 

 thinly covered ; from its position ; and from its peculiar, though 

 difficult to be described look. It seems ready to break out again 

 at the first unseasonable change in the weather. When it does so, 

 it will probably extend to many times the size it was when dried up. 



POST-MORTEM APPEAR A NCES.-Oliphant, Meyrick, and other 

 observers, state that kunkur is found in the lungs, liver, and other 

 internal organs of a bursatee affected horse. Further evidence 

 is required to settle the question as to the occurrence of kunkur in 

 these organs, independently of the existence of bursatee. 



THE PREDISPOSING CAUSES OF BURSATEE appear to be : 

 irritation due to friction and dirt; neglect in the treatment of 

 wounds; and an irritable condition of the skin brought on by diges- 

 tive derangement, and by climatic influences. 



LIABILITY OF CERTAIN PARTS TO BURSATEE.— The special 

 liability of certain parts seems to depend on their comparative ex- 

 posure to injury and irritation, and on the thinness of the skin 

 which covers them. 



According to the Bengal Stud Records, bursatee is not hereditary. 

 The lymphatic glands do not appear to become affected during an 

 attack of bursatee. 



MICROSCOPICAL EXAMINATION OF KUNKUR.— Dr. Thin, 

 to whom specimens of kunkur, in the form of " small, hard, reddish 

 pieces of matter,'' w^ere submitted, " could make but little of them. 

 When a portion was examined in water, it appeared to be quite 

 amorphous; with acetic acid it looked somewhat like a hardened 



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