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be done to a bursatee sore beyond keeping on it a coating of 

 calomel, which shomld be dusted on as required, until the scab dries 

 up. The wound will then, he says, rapidly heal under the scab. 



The horse might get, with benefit, linseed daily with his food, 

 and an ounce of liquor arsenicalis, which may be given for a week 

 at a time, with intervals of seven days. If the skin be in an irritable 

 state, give 2 oz. of bicarbonate of soda mixed in the food every day. 

 The administration of linseed, arsenic, and bicarbonate of soda has 

 a good effect on the condition of the skin. 



From the experience I have had, since leaving India, of the good 

 effect of iodide of potassium in the treatment of actinomycosis (p. 

 127) and scirrhous cord, I would strongly advise its trial (say, 1 oz. 

 daily in the drinking water) in cases of bursatee. 



As bursatee sores heal quickly when the horse is sent up to " the 

 hills,'^ I would advise this to be done in the case of a valuable 

 horse which is thus affected, and even as a preventive measure, 

 when such an animal has suffered from a previous attack. 



Strict sanitary conditions should be observed, and good grooming 

 practised. 



LEGAL ASPECT OF BURSATEE.— The presence of bursatee, 

 whether the sores are open or dried up, is an unsoundness ; because 

 the disease diminishes the animal's soundness, and is always liable 

 to recur. 



