INDEX OF DISEASES. 



ABSCESS OF THE BRAUST is caused by some injury to the head. 



Symptoms. Refuses food ; acts dull ; a slight oozing from a trivial in- 

 jury upon the skull ; the animal is prostrated and while lying down con- 

 tinues to knock his head against the ground violently until death ensues. 



Treatment. Xo treatment is of any service. 



ABDOMINAL DROFSY is usually the result of chronic inflam- 

 mation of the bowels. 



Symptoms. Head hanging; mouth dry; membranes look pale ; pulse 

 hard. If the horse turns about suddenly the act will elicit a grunt. 

 Pressure on the abdomen will cause him to groan. A lack of spirits; 

 lies down constantly if left to himself; is restless, thirsty, no appetite; 

 is weak, abdomen enlarged yet the horse quite thin in flesh, hide-bound, 

 and constipated. One of the legs and the sheath are sometimes swelled. 



Treatment. Begin the treatment as soon as you can decide as to the 

 nature of the disease. Give, night and morning, 20 grs. extract of bella- 

 donna, 10 grs. sulphate of quinine, 35 grs. iodide of iron, i gr. strychnia. 

 JMix, and give at each dose. Mix 5 ozs. tincture of iodine and 2 ozs. 

 croton oil and apply a little to a portion of the abdomen by rubbing down 

 to the skin and shifting to a diflerent location when the skin becomes 

 sore. Some cases are incurable. 



BOTS. The stomach seems to be the natural nursery for the protec- 

 tion and the propagation of the stomach hot. AVhen the eggs have 

 remained in the stomach for a year they become a perfect chrysalis 

 (that is the form of a butterfly before it reaches the winged state) and 

 then they release their hold of the stomach and are expelled with the 

 dung. It will be provided with wings in a short time, and will fly about 

 commencing the propagation of its species which passes through the 

 same period of incubation. 



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