THE HORSE—GENERAL DISEASES AND INJURIES. 191 
whites taking on a pinkish hue; the entire head is more or less swollens. 
the swelling éxtends to the legs as the disease progresses; there is a slight 
watery discharge from the nose; the mouth is feverish, and the irritation. 
extends to the lungs in many cases. 
TREATMENT. 
Insure rest, taking the horse completely from his work. 
and giving only moderate exercise on fair days. Provide soft, clean bedding,. 
and blankets in damp, cold or stormy weather, or if the animal is chilly. 
Give a regular diet of bran-mashes and good hay. This course will often, 
if not generally, be sufficient, but .the internal remedies mentioned for: 
Influenza may be selected und used with profit in many cases, 
WEED. 
This consists in inflammation of the glands of the legs. The lym-. 
phatic glands, which carry the dead matter of the body to the excreting 
organs, become weakened or overtaxed, and hence become clogged and. 
swollen, and then they impart their trouble to other glands. It is frequent 
in cart-horses, especially when they have rested a day. It is caused by 
unwise feeding, especially changing from poor to good food, by over-work. 
after continued rest, by exposure to cold and wet, by standing in water, and 
it is usually of a hereditary tendency. 
Symptoms.—The symptoms are at first the usual ones of fever. 
Occasionally the fore legs are attacked, but usually the hind ones, and of 
these most often the left. The horse raises his leg often as if in pain, and it 
will be swollen inside down to the hock or even the fetlock. The part is 
hot, extremely tender and painful. On the inner side of the leg and thich 
is a hard enlargement of the glands, with lumps at intervals. The breathing 
is more rapid and the pulse rises to sixty or ninety. In extreme cases a fluid 
oozes from the skin and stands in drops on the hair, One attack predis- 
poses to another and these are apt to permanently enlarge the leg. 
TREATMENT.—Aconite should be given for feverishness, tenderness, 
swelling and heat, ten drops every three hours. Give iodide of mercury in 
one-grain doses when the glands are swollen and the secretions are sour and 
offensive; also when the disorder is brought on by cold, damp, draughts of 
air, or unfavorable changes in the weather. If the disease continues and 
there is a tendency to a chronic state or to sloughing and abscesses, iodide of 
potassa will be found useful, ten grains three times a day, well diluted with. 
water, being a proper dose. A paste of iodine may be rubbed on the swollen. 
glands, or the tincture of the same may be applied after the inflammation 
has somewhat subsided, Rhus both internally and externally has been 
’ found efficacious if weed is the result of getting wet or cold when sweating, 
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