112 COMPENDIUM OF THE VETERINARY ART. 



Hideboi(7uL 



This term implies a tightness of the skin, 

 which feels as if it were glued to the ribs, 

 the coat having at the same time a rough un- 

 healthy appearance. This complaint is gene- 

 rally occasioned by worms, or want of atten- 

 tion in the groom: it occurs sometimes, how- 

 ever, without any manifest cause. In such 

 cases give the alterative ball No. 1 every 

 morning, until moderate purging is produced ; 

 and if this do not succeed, try the alter- 

 ative No. 2, which is to be given every morn- 

 ing for eight or ten days, taking care to assist 

 its operation by warm clothing, good groom- 

 ing, and regular exercise. The exercise should 

 not be confined to walking, but may be carried 

 so far as to excite a moderate perspiration. 

 Great cure must afterward be taken that the 

 horse does not get cold. Let him be put into the 

 stable while warm, and immediately clothed:^ 

 when the legs and head have been well 

 cleaned, remove the cloth, and continue to 

 rub the body with large wisps of clean straw, 

 until it is quite dry. 



I cannot forbear mentioning here a remedy- 

 that is employed in some parts of Staffordshire- 

 for this complaint, as it clearly evinces ho\^ 



