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ing exercise is much to be commended. Motion quickens the circula- 
tion; but in grease it seems, in a manner which is not understood, also 
to allay pain. A horse having grease will be led out of the stable 
limping lame; but after an hour’s exercise it may return walking firmly 
and almost soundly. After cleanliness, good food and medicine, nothing 
is so beneficial to grease as moderate exercise. 
MALLENDERS AND SALLENDERS. 
These names are to be traced to no derivation, but in their arbitrary 
signification they denote a certain condition of the parts situated on the 
points of principal flexion in either limb. Mallenders appear upon the 
back of the knee; sallenders are located in front of the hock. Both, 
in the first place, are scurfy patches exhibiting a roughened state of hair 
and suggesting considerable irritability. Hither, if neglected, will degen- 
erate into a troublesome sore from which a foul discharge will issue. 
MALLENDERS, OR A SCURFY PATCH AT THE SALLENDERS, OR A SCURFY PATCH IN FRONT 
BACK OF THE KNEE. OF THE HOCK. 
With ordinary care they neither do much harm; but are rather regarded 
as proofs of idleness and as eyesores, than as actual diseases, to which 
importance they now seldom attain. For their relief it is essential to 
pay scrupulous attention to cleanliness; as, when the coat suffers from 
neglect, it is very probable the same cause may likewise influence the 
constitution. Therefore, always begin the treatment with the tonic 
alterative drinks described on the previous page; at the same time 
applying with friction a little of the annexed ointment thrice daily :— 
Ointment for Mallenders and Sallenders. 
Animal glycerin) . . - ~~ +s + ~ + « One ounce. 
Mercurial ointment . ... .. =... . Two drachms. 
Powdered camphor ...-.. . . . . - Two drachms. 
Spermaceti . . . . One ounce. 
Incorporate all thornushly togetlier, fae sacl as directed. 
When the scurf, through neglect, degenerates into a sore, treat after 
