182 CANADIAN HOESE AND HIS DISEASES. 



MALLENDEES 



Is the name given to a similar affection located at the back 

 of the knee. The treatment must be the same as for sal- 

 lenders. 



SADDLE AND COLLAE GALLS, 



A very common occurrence amongst horses, are caused by 

 uneven pressure of the saddle or collar ; the skin becomes 

 excoriated, and the hair falls off ; large inflammatory swell- 

 ings appear, vrhich may form into abscesses, or the skin may 

 become indurated and thickened. 



Treatment. — The parts should be fomented with warm 

 water, and some simple or cooling lotion applied, as, 



Acetate of lead, . . 1 ounce. 



Water, ... 1 pint. 



If abscesses form, they must be freely opened and well 

 fomented or poulticed. When the skin becomes indurated, 

 forming what are called sitfasts, they must be dissected out. 



