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over-heated, and thereby chilled. It is easy then to 

 see that they are constantly liable to inflammatory 

 attacks by being thus exposed to sudden transitions 

 from one temperature to another, and hence the 

 difficulty of subduing those attacks of inflammation to 

 which the horse is liable. 



Farmers' and carriers' horses, and indeed those in 

 general which are worked in carts, are not so liable 

 to grease as riding and carriage-horses, being less ex- 

 posed to those extreme transitions from heat to cold, 

 or vice versa. And the hair, which is usually allowed 

 to grow plentifully at the heels, is a great protection 

 against sudden changes. 



Remedies. — The first thing to be done is to wash 

 the heel well with soap and warm water, and remove 

 as much of the white scurf as possible. When it has 

 become perfectly dry, which should be acccomplished 

 by rubbing, then the following ointment should be 

 applied until the parts are healed : — 



Lard . . . . i ounce, 

 Sugar of lead, well pounded i drachm. 



In cases where cracks appear, the treatment will 

 greatly depend upon their extent and depth : when 

 they are small, the following lotion will be found 

 beneficial : — 



Blue vitriol (or sulphate of copper) 2 drachms, 

 Water i pint ; 



or four drachms of alum may be substituted for the 

 vitriol, with the same quantity of water. This will 

 speedily dry them up and close them. When the 

 cracks are large and deep, and discharge an ichorous 

 matter, accompanied with considerable lameness, a 

 poultice of linseed meal will be indispensable ; but 

 when the discharge is thin and accompanied by a 



