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GLOSSARY OF DISEASES. 



CAPrED Hock, - 



Gataraot» • • - 

 OoLio, Spasmodic, 



Gouo, Flatulent, - 



oontraction of the 

 Foot, - - - 



Corn, 



Ccna, 



Diabetes, - 

 Distemper, - 

 Enteritis • 



Falling in or the 

 Foot, 



Fausb Quarter, 



A swelling of the point of the hock, behind^ 

 caused by an enlargement of a sac containing 

 synovial fluid, as in blood spavin. 



A disease of the eye. 



A spasmodic action of the muscular coat ovci 

 certain parts of the intestines, without a cor- 

 responding activity of the wh ole. It pro- 

 duces an irregularity in the passage of the 

 food through the intestinal canal, and causea 

 great pain. 



An inflation of the bowels by gas emitted by 

 the fermentation of undigested food. 



A drawing together of the back part of the 

 foot, and an accompanying reduction of the 

 size of the frog. 



A bruising of the sensible sole, and an accom, 

 panying rupture of its blood-vessels at the 

 angles, between the wall of the foot and the 

 bar. 



An enlargement of the back part of the hock, 

 three or four inches below its point, and a< 

 strain of the ligaments of the tendon, or a 

 rupture of its sheath. 



Excessive urinating. 



An epidemic catarrhal fever. 



Inflammation of the external coats of the 

 stomach. 



A depression of the front part of the wall of the 

 foot, caused by the descent of the coflfin-bone 

 \Q pumiced feet. 



A more or less complete separation of the hoof 

 as it grows down from the coronet. The re- 

 sult of injury to the coronet, or of neglected 

 quarter, crack, or quitter. 



