Di82.éhs OF THE SKIN AND SUB-TISSUES 299 
Out or Conprrion (HIDE-BOUND). 
Hither from derangement of the digestive function, or in con- 
sequence of the animal being fed on poor provender or werked 
beyond his strength, debility and emaciation ensue. A horse out 
of condition usually loses flesh; the hair loses its glossy appear- 
ance ; the skin becomes unhealthy and scurfy, and he can not per- 
form his ordinary labor without apparent fatigue. 
Treatment.—The best remedy, if the season permits, is a run at 
grass, taking care to give a good feed of oats every night; other- 
wise the grass will not improve his condition. In the stable the 
treatment is as follows: Give the animal one ounce of the fluid 
extract of camomile flowers every morning, before feeding, and 
at night mix one ounce of powdered poplar bark with the oats. 
This, together with good food and rest, will complete the cure 
HERpPsEs (TETTER). 
Herpes is a disease of the skin, manifesting itself in the form 
uf vesicles, which contain a small quantity of aqueous fluid effused 
beneath the true skin. Sometimes they are thinly scattered over 
the surface, and sometimes collected into clusters. The vesicles 
appear in irregular succession. They terminate, also, in various 
ways: by the reabsorption of the fluid, and, in bad cases, falling 
off of the hair, and peeling of the skin, in some places. In the 
human subject the malady is considered transient and non-con- 
tagious, consisting of red patches, of irregular form and variable 
size, upon each of which stands a crop of vesicles. 
Treatment.—I have been very successful in the treatment of this 
malady by using the following lotion: 
No. 44. Glycerine. .......cceeccceeccs Sibaians'ee 2 oz. 
Tannin ...ceccecee Rta aeearel Ruane ss Sas aieie oe 2 dr 
GIN WATET: -o,0 vsus.cn8: sie 6 ie Mie wane wee -sa sek 4 oz 
Apply once or twice daily, ~ means of a soft sponge. 
tn the horse the affection sometimes assumes an epizoétic form. 
In that event it can be communicated to man, as the following 
eases will show: 
“ At the commencement of 1849, Count Faverges invited Pro- 
fessor Papa to the valley of Borne, in Savoy, to see a disease 
affecting animals, and which even spread to men. Every facility 
