624 ON BURUSATEE. 
doubt. One thing more to be observed in this respect is, that in 
stallions erection is frequently taking place; and the penis being 
so often glutted with blood, may probably render it more suscep¬ 
tible of burusatee in them than in geldings. In acute cases, the 
pulse is quickened, and respiration slightly embarrassed : the ap¬ 
petite in general is tolerably good. In old confirmed cases trou¬ 
blesome ulcers form round the coronets, and the feet sometimes 
become cankered. 
Treatment .—In acute cases, where the parts are highly in¬ 
flamed and considerably swollen, venesection should be resorted to, 
especially in the incipient stage of the disease. Fomentations of 
heem (heem is an indigenous and perennial plant in India) will 
be found useful. Purgatives should be administered. The sores 
should be excluded from the ekternal air, to prevent the flies from 
irritating them and conveying the disease to others. Fine tow or 
lint may be applied, to absorb the matter that is discharged 
from the mouths of arteries. The animal should live abstemi¬ 
ously, and have walking exercise; but by no means should he 
be allowed to walk in the wet grass, particularly if there is any 
dew. I have known burusatee ulcers make their appearance in 
the extremities in twenty-four hours after the horse had been 
exercised on wet grass and his legs not rubbed thoroughly dry 
afterwards. In the advanced stage of the disease I have ap¬ 
plied acid, muriatic, to the parts affected once a-day, and 
alum twice a-day ; and administered sulphate of copper internally 
with good success. If the penis is much swollen and schirrous 
after the inflammation has subsided, I generally amputate it, as 
it otherwise would be annoyingly dependent. I have employed 
a variety of remedies, too numerous to mention, and the ma¬ 
jority of them proved fruitless. The following are still used by 
some practitioners to the sores: sulphate of copper, quick lime, 
charcoal, sulphuric acid, corrosive sublimate, &c. Last year, 
when my regiment was stationed in Upper India, I had a vast 
number of inveterate cases; and could not get rid of some of 
them until the cessation of the rains. 
I cannot say any more about this subject at present; but in a 
short time I will send you the worst case of burusatee that I 
ever met with. Before making my bow to you for the present, 
I wish to let you know that we have self-conceited and illiterate 
farriers abroad as well as at home. In July last, 1830, an as¬ 
suming native farrier came to me, and haughtily said that he 
could cure the burusatee, and that he wanted a job; not know¬ 
ing that I was a veterinarian. I told him that his services would 
be invaluable if his assertion was correct; and, anxious to put 
this knowing one's abilities to the test, I took him to my stable 
