470 ALPHABETICAL SUMMARY. 
ALBUMINOUS URINE. 
Cause.—Unknown. 
Symptoms.— These consist of the positions assumed by the horse. 
The legs are either stretched out or the hind feet are brought under 
the body. Straddling gait, and much difficulty in turning within the 
stall. Some urine being caught, it is thick, and answers to certain 
chemical tests. 
Treatment.—Bleed moderately; give a laxative, and apply mustard 
to the loins. As after-measures, perfect rest, attention to diet, and 
repeated doses of opium. 
APHTHA. 
Cause.—Unknown. 
Symptoms.—Small swelling on the lips; larger swellings upon the 
tongue. As the disease progresses, a clear liquid appears in each 
swelling. The bladders burst, crusts form, and the disease disappears. 
Treatment. —Soft food, and the following wash for the mouth: 
Take borax, five ounces; honey or treacle, two pints; water, one gallon. 
Mix. 
BLOOD SPAVIN. 
A disease never encountered at the present time. 
BOG SPAVIN. 
Cause.—Brutality of some kind. 
Symptom.—A puffy swelling at the front of and at the upper part of 
the hock. 
Treatment. — Pressure, maintained by means of an India-rubber 
bandage. 
BOTS. 
Cause.—Turning out to grass. 
Treatment.—No remedy. Wait till the following year, and the para- 
sites will be ejected naturally. 
BREAKING DOWN. 
Cause.—Violent exertion; generally when racing. 
Symptoms.—The horse, when going, suddenly loses power to put one 
