GEEASE. — CHAPPED HEELS 193 



unthrifty aspect : if he stands for a few hours in the stable the 

 limbs, particularly the hind ones, swell considerably. The skin 

 of the heels will crack, and lameness will ensue ; and from 

 these cracks wUl exude an offensive, greasy discharge. If 

 the skin of one heel only is cracked, the lameness is more 

 apparent ; if of all the heels, the patient will travel as though 

 the limbs were posts. The skin of the legs from the feet 

 to the knees, or from the hocks to the feet, wUl be more 

 or less tender. 



If the general health be deranged, which is not always the 

 case, the pulse will be disturbed : such disturbance depending 

 upon the degree of derangement existing within the system. 



IlLOBEATrvB Stagb. — The second or ulcerative stage of 

 the disease is marked by an increase of the inflammatory action 

 withia the structures of the limb affected. The cracks become 

 more numerous, and extend more deeply into the limb. Within 

 these cracks angry flesh-looking growths present themselves, 

 from which is exuded a thick, greasy, purulent matter of a 

 yeUow colour, and emitting a disgusting odour. The hair of 

 the animal may appear dry and unthrifty, and the abdomen 

 may present a contracted condition, or these symptoms and 

 states may not be present ; but if they are, the appetite will be 

 bad, and the system deranged generally. 



Geapt Poem.— This form of the disease may be regarded 

 as inveterate. The structures of the limbs have become per- 

 manently altered in their organization. The cracks alluded to 

 as being present in the ulcerative stage, become lost, and in 

 their place the fleshy growths become not only larger, but more 

 numerous ; while, from their surface arise innumerable points 

 of a bright red colour, which readily bleed if irritated. In 

 form these fleshy growths are not unlike small bunches of 



