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the cure by sprinkling powdered loaf sugar over the sore twice tn 

 the twenty-four hours. Support the strength of the horse by good 

 and generous diet. (See Scratches and Frost Bites.) 



Phlebitis. — A name given to inflammation of the vein after 

 bleeding, characterized by swelling and cording of the vein. (See 

 Jugular Vein.) 



Phlegmasia Dolens. — A name given to one leg when swelled 

 to a great extent from plugging of the blood vessels of the leg 

 with plastic matter poured into them from the blood. (See 

 Grease.) 



Phrenitis. — One of the many diseases of the brain character 

 ized by the horse becoming unmanageable — a variety of staggers, 

 or it may be of inflammation of the brain itself, and is incurable. 



Physiology. — ^A branch of medical science treating of the life 

 and functions of organized bodies. 



Physicking. — In England, and in some parts of the European 

 continent, a person who does not know how to physic a horse, 

 whether sick or well, is not considered fit to take care of horses. 

 In the United States, the man who knows all about, and recom- 

 mends physicking under almost any circumstances, should not be 

 permitted even to take a horse by the head, much less to take care 

 of horses not his own. In an extensive practice of many years, I 

 do not recollect a half dozen times, when I either gave or recom- 

 mended a horse to be physicked ; and no man can show equal 

 success in the treatment of diseases of horses and cattle, let his 

 mode of practice be what it may. Remember, when the bowels 

 are opened, and emptied of their contents, an important pillar has 

 been taken from under the animal structure. Show me a 

 European book on the diseases of animals, which does not recom- 

 mend and minutely describe how to physic a horse, and I will 

 show you a city without walls, without a church, or gymnasium. 

 In this connection, I am sorry to say, that our American authors, 

 on animal diseases, have copied too closely from European prac- 

 tice, which is utterly unfit for this country, climate and the con- 

 stitution of all our domestic animals. 



Pleurisy. — Inflammation of the serous membrane covering the 

 lungs and lining the sides of the chest. (See Lung Diseases.) 



