408 PrEPIIEA niBMOEEHAGICA. 



prove the best, especially for large-sized, coarse-limbed horses. 

 Cold water, if properly applied, invigorates the system, and the 

 bandages wUl afford support to the weakened vessels of the 

 limbs. They may be renewed three or four times a day. 



Scarifications. — The swellings which appear, arise from the 

 presence of effused blood, beneath the skin, cellular tissue, 

 and amongst the muscles. The blood, when effused, should be 

 dealt with, as far as possible, like a foreign body. When 

 effused in large quantities, its continued presence is very likely 

 to prove injurious, in consequence of its being decomposed. 

 To prevent this, as far as possible, and to relieve the tenison, 

 scarify the swollen parts freely with a small lancet. Avoid 

 cutting the skin in the region of a joint, or amongst the 

 muscles and tendons of the limbs. The nose, the lips, the 

 tongue, the sheath, and beneath the belly, are parts which 

 admit of being freely scarified. 



Diet. — The patient should be placed in a cool, dry, com- 

 fortable box. The diet should be generous but light. Boiled 

 barley, malt, and bran will be suitable ; or boiled beans ; also a 

 few carrots, if in season. If the patient be young, and of 

 considerable value, allow him half a bottle of port wine every 

 day, for five or six days in succession. "When convalescence 

 is established, exercise the patient daily, if the weather will 

 permit. 



For further particulars respecting the diet, see Section VI., 

 page 108 ; also pages 58 to 62. 



MELANOSIS. 



Melanosis is an affection which I scarcely know whether to 



class as a disease or not. It is manifested for the most part 



by old grey horses. It is not, however, exclusively confined to 



them, although I have never seen it except in horses of this 



