HIDE-BOUND 
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The pied horse is in many instances an attractive animal, 
although seldom used as a riding-horse. If more than half- 
bred and well matched, they are showy in a carriage. They 
are, however, liable to have white legs and feet, points not 
desirable in any horse. 
HIDE-BOUND. 
Symptoms. —This complaint consists of an alteration in 
the substance of the skin, proceeding from a hardness and 
unyieldingness of texture, in consequence of the want of 
the ordinary oily secretion on its surface, as well as in its 
whole parts. The skin to the touch has a dry and rigid 
f eel, which proceeds from a want of energy in the vessels of 
the skin, rendering them unfit to perform their functions, 
and indeed in the vessels of the stomach and bowels, which 
must affect those of the whole system. 
This rigidity of the cuticle naturally causes a dryness in 
the scales which cover it; and these being separated in all 
directions, turn the hairs in that irregular manner, and 
produce the rough, uneven coat, which is termed staring, 
always indicating a want of condition in the animal. This 
complaint may rather be considered as the concomitant of 
disease, than the ailment itself; for the root of the evil is 
seated in the stomach and bowels. This being the case, we 
must apply the remedy to the seat of the disease, as well as 
to the skin itself. 
Cause. —This state of the skin accompanies various com¬ 
plaints, consequently the first thing we niust look to is to 
discover its cause. Farcy, founder, chronic cough, grease, 
and glanders, when they have assumed the constitutional 
character, are all accompanied by an impaired state of the 
digestive organs ; and to them our first remedies must be 
applied ; and so soon as the cause is removed the skin 
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