DISEASES AND TREATMENT OF THE HORSE 235 
7. Bastard Strangles. 
This generally follows simple strangles or distemper. 
Causes. — To use a common expression it is the result of 
the disease being ''driven in." The matter from the abscess 
instead of being discharged is absorbed by the blood and thus 
permeates and affects the whole system. 
Symptoms. — Abscesses similar to that which appears in 
the throat during the development of distemper are liable to 
make their appearance upon any part of the body — about the 
shoulder, neck, flank or hips. Otherwise the symptoms are 
very similar to those outlined in the previous section. 
.Treatment. — The treatment should be directed towards 
ridding the blood of the poison. The abscesses will continue 
to form until this is accomplished. Give the same medicine, 
bathe, poultice, rub and apply the white liniment to these 
lumps to bring them to a head and thus commence the 
discharge. It is sometimes necessary to lance them with this 
object in view. We have met cases in which during the 
progress of the disease discharge took place at forty or fifty 
different points, dependent of course upon the amount of 
poison in the blood. 
In addition to the treatment as here outlined we advise 
the giving of a dessertspoonful of hyposulphite of soda in 
the feed three times a day. The dose should be regulated to 
the conditions of the animal treated, as this is for a fully 
developed horse under ordinary conditions. 
8. Pink Eye (Epizootic Cellulitis). 
Pink eye affects the cellular tissue under the skin, and 
like other fevers of the horse, runs a course which takes from 
six to nine days, and, as a general thing, if treated properly, 
terminates favorably. 
Causes. — It is due to germs which float about in the air, 
and when once it gains a foothold it spreads all over the 
country from one horse to another. There was a serious out- 
break between 1875 and 1880, which affected horses in every 
part of the country. 
Symptoms. — The animal becomes dull and feverish, and 
the eyes are red and swollen, afterward turning to a pinkish 
color, from which the disease receives its name — pink eye. 
The appetite is poor and the temperature runs from 103 to 
105 degrees. The mouth is hot and dry, and there is a falling 
