OCCASIONAL DISEASES 311 



Fistulous Withers are precisely the same sort of disease 

 process as poll evil and resemble this morbid condition in all re- 

 spects except the locality; the withers of some horses are so ex- 

 ceptionally prominent that unless a saddle be expressl)^ made for a 

 particular animal it fails to fit properly, and contused bruises are 

 the natural consequence. Treatment on the same lines as for poll 

 evil must be adopted; while in both diseases much benefit will 

 accrue from the internal administration of Silicea 6x, three times 

 daily until the wound is healed up. 



