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The tongue often becomes infiltrated, and, hanging out of the mouth, 
renders the appearance of the head most unsightly. It is, when thus 
enlarged, a fixture, and is in danger of being injured by the teeth. So 
soon, therefore, as the member is protruded, several free incisions should 
be made through its integument. The organ should then be manipu- 
lated, so as to cause the fluid to exude. These processes should again 
and again be had recourse to so often as they are required to return the 
tongue to the mouth. 
The sloughing of the skin is a serious matter. It is treated by the 
solution of the chloride of zinc—one grain to the ounce of water— 
applied by being squeezed from a sponge on to the denuded part. This 
lotion will not only promote healing, but it will also destroy the fetor 
which results from decomposition. 
After all, however, these cases are mostly very unsatisfactory. They 
would prove less so were tracheotomy more generally resorted to; but, 
in some instances, the horse seems to be ren- 
dered stupid by the disease. Instead of court- 
ing man’s assistance and yielding up itself to 
his will, it appears to resent every effort made 
for its relief, as though all it desired was per- 
mission to die in peace. The beautiful resig- 
nation and the pleading solicitude for human 
sympathy appear to be lost. The brain evi- 
dently is affected; and when it is known the 
purpura hemorrhagica consists in universal con- 
gestion, no wonder will be expressed that an 
organ so sympathetic as the brain is affected = mvp 0 or 4 Horse ENDuR- 
ING PURPURA HEMORRHAGICA. 
during this disease. 
The condition of the animal suffering from this terrible disorder is 
indeed dreadful. If the brain be oppressed, the body is deformed out 
of all recognition. The beauty of the animal is lost, and the carcass 
becomes so misshapen as to be commonly compared to a hippopotamus. 
The legs share with the trunk the general disorder; and.from these, as 
from other parts, blood and serum will exude. 
STRANGLES. 
Strangles, in its effects upon the body of the horse, is similar to 
measles in the human being. Both are diseases peculiar to the young; 
both sometimes occur after the attainment of maturity; and both are 
dangerous in proportion as their advent is delayed. Both, also, are 
attended with evil consequence if driven inward, or if any irregularity 
warps the even tenor of their course. 
