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of diseases, which admits of amplification, a cutaneous affec¬ 
tion named, by Mr. Haycock, 
(i Acute Irritation of the SJcin 
It is said to be a disease that has been called into existence 
by the introduction of “ clippingone coeval with that 
practice which has now become a custom with us,—though 
one which, for our own part, has never come under notice. 
Our author’s account of it is as follows :— 
“ I have given the above designation to an affection of the 
skin, which I have never seen described, nor even alluded to, 
by any one who has hitherto written upon equine disease. 
It is an affection which occasionally is somewhat common. 
It never prevails except during the clipping season, and it 
only affects those horses which have been clipped; at least, 
I have not met with it at any other period of the year, nor 
upon horses under any other circumstances. It is an affec¬ 
tion which I found very difficult to cure when I treated my 
patients upon the old method; but with homoeopathic treat¬ 
ment I have hitherto found it to succumb very readily. 
“ Symptoms. —The disease is characterised by a general sore¬ 
ness of the entire skin. If the observer attempts to place 
his hand upon the body of the animal, it shrinks away with 
great fear. Sometimes the soreness is so very excessive that 
it is dangerous to hastily approach the poor brute ; he will kick 
and resist handling in every possible way in which he can. 
The skin is dry, and the hair feels very dry and harsh to the 
touch; in some cases, a great number of elevations will be 
found upon the skin in the regions of the neck, the breast, 
upon the inner surfaces of the fore limbs, upon the haunches 
under the abdomen, and around the hind limbs from the 
stifle joints to the hoofs. The appetite is sometimes very 
much impaired, and the pulse becomes increased in the 
number of its beats; but, generally speaking, neither the 
appetite nor the pulse is much affected. Sometimes again, 
it is associated wdth swelling of the limbs and chapped heels, 
and also swelling of the sheath in horses. 
C£ I will here select a case which will furnish the reader a 
good example of the form and conditions under which it is 
generally presented, 
c£ November 1 1th, 1850, I w^as requested to attend upon a 
pony, the property of J. Batley, Esq., solicitor, in this town. 
££ History , Sfc. —The animal in question is about twelve 
hands two inches in height, of a black colour, and well bred. 
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