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CHAPTER VI. 



Wounds .^xd Bruises : 



Antiseptics — Antiseptic surgery — General treatment of wounds 

 — ^Abscess — Contusions and bruises — Over-reaches — Brush- 

 ing — Speedy cutting — Legal aspect of cutting — Wounds on or 

 near joints — Broken knees — Wounds of the mouth — Punctures 

 from thorns, etc. — Saddle galls and sore backs — Harness galls 

 — Poll evil — Burns and scalds — -Wounds of the abdomen — 

 Wounds of the chest — Bleeding after castration — Peritonitis 

 — Stroke of lightning — Frost-bite — Inflammation of veins — 

 Inflammation of the testicles from injury .... 67 



CHAPTER VII. 

 Malignant Tumours : 



Botryomycosis — Scirrhous cord — Actinomycosis — Melanosis . 121 



CHAPTER VIII. 

 Parasitic Skin Diseases : 



General remarks on parasites — Flies — Leeches — ^Maggots — Lice 

 — Ticks — Poultry mites — Mange insects — Parasitic ringworm 

 — Bursatee ....... .130 



CHAPTER IX. 

 Non-Parasitic Skin Diseases : 



Simple eczema — -Itchy tail — Cracked heels and grease — Mud 

 fever^Surfeit — Scaly eczema — Warts and naevi^ — ^Hidebound 

 — Leucoderma . . . . . . . .150 



CHAPTER X. 



Diseases and Injuries' of the Feet : 



Thrush — Contracted heels^Canker — Sandcrack — -False-quarter 

 — Split hoof — Acute laminitis— Chronic laminitis — Seedy toe 

 ■ — Pumiced feet — Brittle feet — Inflamriiation of the coronet, 

 or villitis — Navicular disease — Horn tumour — Wounds and 

 bruises of the coronet — Pricks in shoeing — Wounds of the sole 

 and frog — Corns — Quittor— Forging or clicking . . . 164 



CHAPTER XL 

 Diseases of Bone, Joints, and Cartilage : 



General remarks — Splints — -Enlargement of the splint bones — 

 Sore shins — Ringbone — Bone spavin — Osteoporosis — Rickets 

 — Rheumatoid joint disease — Stiff joints and knuckling over 



-Sidebones 



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