THE HORSE, SKIN DISEASES, ETC. 287 



Dress the sores three times a day with the following lotion, applying 

 with a soft rag ; 



Ho. 24. 1 Fluid oz. laudanum, 



1 Fluid oz, glycerine, 

 H Oz. carbonate of soda, 

 1 Quart water. 



XVII. Mallenders and Sallenders. 



Causes. — By these terms are denoted oozy, scurfy patches upon the 

 knee and hock — those which appear back of the knee being called (for 

 what reason nobody seems to know) mallenders ; and those which appear 

 in front of the hock, sallenders. They spring from idleness and neglect 

 — an impure state of the blood having been brought on by heating and 

 unsuitable diet, and disorders of the bowels, liver, or kidneys. 



Though of no serious importance as diseases, they are unsightl}', and, 

 if neglected, they result in troublesome sores. 



How to know it. — They first begin as a moist tetter, apt to escape 

 observation until they appear in a roughened state of hair about the 

 parts mentioned, under which the skin is scurfy, feverish and somewhat 

 tender. Itching of such severity sometimes attends them as to render 

 the horse restive and hard to keep under restraint. 



What to do — In the first place attend to the cleanliness of the horse 

 and put him upon a regular course of moderate exercise. Give him 

 twice daily, night and morning, a pint of the excellent alterative and 

 tonic drink : 



No. 25. 1 Fluid oz. liquor arsenicalis, 



l}i Oz. tincture muriate of iron, 



1 Qt. water. 



Rub the parts affected two or three times a day with an ointment mado 

 Us follows : 



No. 26. 1 Oz. animal glycerine, 



2 Drs. mercurial ointment, 

 2 Drs. powdered ointment, 

 1 Oz. spermacetti. 



If the scurfy places have developed into suppurating sores, use, instead 

 of the ointment, the following lotion, saturating them well twice a day 



No. 27. , >a Pint animal glycerine, 



}i Oz. chloride of zinc, 

 6 Quarts water. 



Be careful that his food is such as to keep him from constipation and 

 fever. 



