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thing requiring mastication. His appetite is generally good, 

 and excretions normal. 



Treatment. — It is generally considered to be incurable ; 

 all that can be done is to cut off as much of the tumour 

 as possible, and dress with dilute muriatic or nitric acid, 

 wash the mouth out often, and feed off for the butcher as 

 soon as possible, which can be easily done, as the health is 

 seldom impaired. ■ , 



FEACTUEES. 



There is scarcely a bone in the horse's body but is liable 

 to fracture, the bones of the legs and quarters more espe- 

 cially. When the bone is simply broken, it is called a simplef 

 fracture; when the. bone is brolcen, and the integuments 

 lacerated with the ends of the bone (in most cases) protrud- 

 ing ,through the soft parts, it is compound ; when the 

 bone is splintered, it is called comminuted, and transverse, 

 oblique, &c., according to the direction of the fracture. 



Causes. — It is invariably caused by external violence, 

 kicks, blows, falls, &e. — :Sometimes as a consequence of pre- 

 viously-existing disease of the bone. 



Symptoms. — When occurring in a deep-seated bone, it is 

 sometimes difiicult of detection, but when in any of the, 

 larger bones of the limbs, it is easily recognised by the lataie- 

 ness, displacement, swelling, and crepitus. In most caseg, 

 the suddenness of the lameness, taken along with the circum- 

 stances under which it occurred, will lead any observing per- 

 son to detect it at once. 



Treatment. — It is a common opinion that horses' bones 

 will not reunite. This, however, is a mistake. They unite 

 as readily as man's bones ; but, owing to the difficulty ex- 

 perienced in keeping them in situ, the expense, and the 

 chances of reduction in value, and uncertainty of success. 



