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Surfeit. — An eruption of round, blunt spots, caused by heating 

 food. 



Thick Wind. —Defective respiration witliout noise. Incurable. 



Thickening of Back Sinews.— Kesult of strain. 



Thrush.-^ An offensive discharge from the frog, the result of in- 

 flammation, caused by want of cleanliness or overwork, etc. 



Thokough-pin.— A sac of synovial fluid formed between the 

 bones of the hock from side to side. 



Warble.— K saddle-gall when simply swollen but not broken. 



Warte.— Should be removed, as they tend to spread. 



AVhiblbone Lameness. — Lameness of hip -joint. 



Windgalls, or Puffs. — Little oval swellings just above the fetlock- 

 joint between the back sinew and the bone. 



Worms. — Sometimes troublesome, but less so than often supposed. 



Whistling. — Caused by a contraction of windpipe. Incurable. 



