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WHAT DISEASES CONSTITUTE UNSOUNDNESS OE VICE. 



Parotid gland 

 ulcerated. 



Poll-evil. 



defect, like cutting {m), arises from the bad formation of the 

 horse (m), and is therefore neither an unsoundness nor a. vice ; 

 but if suspected, a special warranty should be taken 

 against it. 



The parotid gland is placed in the hollow which extends 

 from the root of the ear to the angle of the lower jaw. In 

 bad strangles, and sometimes in violent cold, it will swell 

 to a great size and ulcerate ; or an obstruction will arise in 

 some part of the duct, and the accumulating fluid will burst 

 the vessel, and a fistulous ulcer will be formed, very 

 diflScult to heal. Such a disease is an unsoundness (m). 



The point of juncture between the head and the bone 

 nearest the skull is called the atlas, and is the seat of a very 

 serious and troublesome ulcer termed poll-evil, caused _ by 

 the horse rubbing and sometimes striking his poll against 

 the lower edge of the manger, or hanging back in the stall, 

 and bruising the part with the halter ; or from a violent 

 blow on the poll, carelessly or wantonly inflicted, or perhaps 

 by unnecessary tight reining ; the consequence is inflamma- 

 tion, and a swelling appears, hot, tender and painful. The 

 swelling increases, and matter is formed, which spreads 

 around and eats into the neighbouring parts (o). This 

 disease is an unsoundness. 



Pumiced feet. The sensible and horny little plates of the foot, which 

 have been elongated and partially separated during the 

 intensity of an attack of inflammation, will not always 

 perfectly unite again, or will have lost much of their 

 elasticity ; and the coffin bone, no longer supported by 

 them, is let down and presses upon the sole, which yields 

 to this unnatural weight, and becomes convex or rounded, 

 and thus, coming in contact with the ground, it gets 

 bruised and injured {p). This is calhi pumiced feet ; it is 

 incurable, and is decidedly an unsoundness. 



A horse will sometimes partly chew his hay, and suffer 

 it to drop from his mouth. This is called quidding, and 

 proceeds either from irregular teeth or sore throat, but 

 ceases when these nre remedied (q). It would be a symptom 

 of unsoundness while the sore throat lasted. 



Quitter. Quittor is an unsoundness. It has been described as 



Quidding. 



(m) Sroivn v. Ellcington, 8 M. & 153. 

 W. 132; Diclcenaon\. Follett,! M. (ij) Lib. U. K. "The Horse," 



k Eob. 299. 291. 



(n) Lib. U. K. "The Horse," (q) Lib. U. K. "The Horse,'' 



148. 342. 



(a) Lib. U. K. "The Horse," 



