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STRINGHALT. 
Cause.—Over-exertion. 
Symplom.—Raising both hind legs, one after the other, previous to 
starting. 
Treatment.—None is possible. 
SURFEIT. 
Cause.—Heat of body. 
Symptom.—An eruption of round, blunt, and numerous spots. 
Treatment.—lIf the pulse is not affected, the symptom may disappear 
in a few hours. Look to the food. Abstract eight pounds of hay, and 
allow two bundles of cut grass per day. Even increase the oats, but 
with each feed give a handful of old crushed beans. The following 
drink will be of service: Liquor arsenicalis, one ounce; tincture of 
muriate of iron, one ounce and a half; water, one quart. Mix. Give 
daily, one pint for a dose. 
Symptom.—If a young horse has been neglected through the winter, 
the surfeit lumps do not disappear. An exudation escapes; the consti- 
tution is involved, and the disease is apt to settle upon the lungs. 
Treatment.—Do not take out. Keep the stable aired, and attend to 
cleanliness. Feed as previously directed, and allow bran mashes when 
the bowels are constipated. Administer the drink recommended above, 
night and morning. Clothe warmly; remove from a stall to a loose 
box. Should the pulse suddenly sink, allow two pots of stout each day. 
If the appetite fail, give gruel instead of water, and present a few cut 
carrots from the hand. The shortest of these cases occupy a fortnight. 
SWOLLEN LEGS. 
Cause.—Debility. 
Treatment.—Place in a loose box. No hay for some weeks. Damp 
the corn, and sprinkle a handful of ground oak-bark on each feed. At- 
tend to exercise. If the legs continue to enlarge, hand-rub them well 
and long. 
TEETH. 
Cause.—A thickening of the membrane sometimes conceals the upper 
tushes and provokes constitutional symptoms. 
Treatment.—Lance the membrane. 
Symptoms of Toothache.—Head carried on one side, or pressed 
