THE HORSE, SKIN DISEASES, ETC. 



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elevated in the center ; whereas, in farcy the lumps are rather flat on 

 top and have thick edges, like a button in the skin. Farcy buds generally 



A Horse Affected with Surfeit. 



appear on the inside of the thighs and fore legs, while surfeit pimpiee 

 are seldom found in these places. 



If not promptly and properly attended to, surfeit is likely to degen- 

 erate into mange, which it is sometimes taken to be, even in its early 

 stages ; but it may be known from mange by tiying the short hairs at 

 the roots of the mane : if it is mange, they will be loose and come out> 

 but if surfeit, they will show their natural condition. 



What to do. — If the general condition of the horse is good, and the 

 affection has evidently arisen from sudden exjDosure or some other 

 imprudence on the part of the person having him in charge, little 

 treatment will be necessary. Prevent costiveness and keep down fever 

 by cooling food, such as bran mashes, roots, and other moist provender. 

 Give arsenical drink once a day, a pint at a time, to act on the skin, until 

 cure is effected, being careful, meanwhile, if the weather is cool, to keep 

 the horse comfortably warai — blanketing him if necessary; and a half 

 hour's walking exercise should be given him daily. The arsenical drink 

 consists of these ingredients in the proportions named ; 



No. 10. 



1 Fluid oz. arsenicalis, or Fowler's solution, 

 1 >i Fluid oz. tincture of muriate of iron, 

 1 Quart water. 



If the disease has sprung from a thick and impure state of the bloody 

 disordered digestive organs, and general ill condition, take from thb 



