908 ALPHABETICAL SUMMARY. 
STRAIN OF THE FLEXOR TENDONS. 
Cause.—Hard work on uneven ground, or the rider punishing a horse 
with the snaffle and the spurs. 
Symploms.—The animal goes oddly, not lame. The defective action 
will disappear upon rest, but stiffness is aggravated by subsequent labor. 
Any attempt to work the horse sound induces incurable lameness or 
contraction of the tendons. 
Treatment.—Allow several hours to elapse before any attempt is made 
to discover the disease. A small swelling, hot, soft, and sensitive, may 
then appear. Bind round it a linen bandage, and keep it wet with could 
water. Have men to sit up bathing this for the three first nights; after- 
ward apply moisture only by day Throw up the horse. Give four 
drachms of aloes. Do not turn out, but allow two feeds of corn each 
day. Keep in a stall, and do uot put to work till more than recovered. 
STRANGLES. 
Cause.—Something requiring to be cast from the system, so as to suit 
the young body to a sudden change. 
Symploms.—A slight general disturbance, which, however, remains. 
The colt continues sickly. After a day or two, the neck becomes stiff, 
and a swelling appears between the jaws. The enlargement at first is 
hard, hot, and tender. A discharge from the nose comes on. The 
symptoms increase; the throat becomes sore. Breathing is oppressed ; 
coat stares; appetite is lost; tumor softens, and, being opened, the 
animal speedily recovers. 
Treatment.—Neither purge nor bleed. Give all the nourishment that 
can be swallowed. If all food is rejected, whiten the water, and a little 
cut grass may tempt the colt. Corn, ground and scalded, may be offered, 
a little at a time from the hand. No grooming; light clothing; ample 
bed; door and window of loose box should be open. Gently stimulate 
the throat with the following: Spirits of turpentine, two parts; lauda- 
num, one part; spirits of camphor, one part. Apply with a paste- 
brush morning, noon, and night, until the throat is sore. After every 
application, take three pieces of flannel, place these over the part, and 
bind on with an eight-tailed bandage. So soon as the tumor points, 
apply the twitch, and have one fore leg held up. Then open the swell- 
ing with an abscess knife. It may be necessary to make another inci- 
sion. There are other occasional varieties of strangles, for which 
consult the substance of the work, pages 272, 273. 
