374 HORSE AILMENTS AND HOW TO DOCTOR THEM. 



tain amount of work ; but the risk of contagion is too great to 

 be incurred, and no man who regards his own welfare and that 

 of his neighbors should keep a glandered horse. 



GANGRENE. 



This is a synonymous term for mortification or death of a 

 part, and is characterized by a livid or black color. Gangrene 

 is attended, or is ushered in, by a sudden cessation of pain, 

 which has often been mistaken for recovery. 



"When gangrene of an external part takes place there is a 

 material change in the condition of the part and it assumes 

 altogether a different aspect; the swelling subsides, and on 

 touching the part a crackling sound is produced, owing to the 

 evolution of gas. 



