HYDROPHOBIA. 137 



the oats and corn, and chop the hay for the old nagt 

 who cau't get " store teeth." 



Hydrothorax. — This is a name given to water when it 

 accumulates in the chest. Hence, hydro, water; and 

 thorax, the chest. 



Causes. Debility from the effects of inflammation of some 

 of the organs within the chest. 



Treatment. Tonics to improve the general health, and 

 medicines to draw off the water by the kidneys and bowels. 

 An operation is recommended by which the fluids are 

 drawn from the side by means of a trocar. (See Dropsy.) 



Hydrocele. — A collection of fluid in the scrotum of 

 stallions. 



Treatment. Paiut the scrotum with the tincture of benzoin 

 or iodine. If these remedies are not successful in causing 

 absorption of the water, the skin of the scrotum will have 

 to be opened to let out the fluid. 



Hydronemia. — A name used when speaking of the 

 lilood when it contains too much water — ^water in the 

 Llood. (See Dropsy.) 



Hydrophobia. — This disease, happily, is rare — in a 

 practice of thirteen years, and doing much in the treatment 

 of diseases of horses, and being well acquainted with the 

 practice of other persons, I can only record three cases, and 

 one of these was a mule. This disease is sometimes called 

 water dread and canine rabies, from the fact that it is only 

 generated in the dog and feline species of animals. 



Cause in Horses. Bites of the mad dog, and sometimes 

 the bite from the common cat is capable of producing the 

 disease. 



iSipnptoms. In those cases that came under my notic^ 



