HORSE AILMENTS AND HOW TO DOCTOR THEM. 395 



Treatment. "Wash the parts daily with castile soap and 

 warm water and dress with 



Spirits of turpentine, ] 



Carbolic acid, L equal parts. 



Linseed oil, j 



THICK WATER, 



There is really but one form of disease causing the urine to 

 become of a thick, albuminous character. It is of rare occur- 

 rence in the horse although quite common in man. It is called 

 Bright's disease or albuminous urine. But there are many 

 other things that cause the horse's urine to become of a thick 

 and changed character. For instance, a little over-feeding; 

 the use of improper food ; bad digestion ; slight cold, and many 

 other trifling things not reckoned as diseases may cause this 

 state. 



Treatment. For these various causes of a change in the ap- 

 pearance of the water, I would not recommend strong or severe 

 treatment at first, but would endeavor to rectify by giving a 

 little powdered resin in the feed, and by an ounce of saltpeter 

 dissolved in the drinking water. A very little of Fowler's solu- 

 tion of arsenic in the drinking water, occasionally, is also bene- 

 ficial. 



THOROUGHPIN. 



An enlargement of a soft and puffy character appearing in 

 the space between the hamstring and the lower end of the 

 thigh bone, above the hock. It is an enlargement of one of the 

 little sacks placed in the proximity of all joints and ligaments, 

 and is of the same character of wind galls. 



The enlargement may appear in but one of the spaces in 

 front of the hamstring, but it generally appears in both sides. 

 It is like wind galls, mainly an eye-sore, as it seldom produces 

 lameness,, therefore it cannot be regarded as legal unsoundness, 

 although a mark of evidence of the horse having had rough 

 usage. 



Treatment. My method .is to soak the parts with water 



