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Translations and Reviews of Continental 
Veterinary Journals. 
Ly W. Ernes, M.R.C.V.S., London. 
Journalcles Yele rinnircs clu Midi , Sept, and Oct., I860. 
SKIN DISEASE (LICHEN) IN THE HORSE. 
By MM. Mahly and Causse fils, Veterinary Surgeons, lltli Chasseurs. 
Twelve horses were attacked with this disease in the 
month of February, i860. All of them were young horses 
of the last remount. Little lumps existed along the neck 
and on the shoulders, and within, which raised the hairs 
slightly. Depilation took place on some of the most pro¬ 
minent ones, and underneath was found a white pellicle 
covering a concrete yellow liquid. This malady appeared 
without fever or any general derangement; neither did the 
soldiers perceive any loss of appetite in those that were 
attacked. The eruption seemed to have a particular course 
from the neck, descending to the withers and shoulders, along 
the back to the hind quarters and the superior parts of the ribs. 
The legs never appear to be attacked. The duration of this 
affection was from two to three weeks, and its termination 
was always in resolution. The treatment consisted in first 
clipping the hair off the affected parts, then applying with 
friction the tincture of cantharides: or an ointment was 
used, consisting of 1 part of mercurial ointment, 1 of oint¬ 
ment of cantharides, and 2 of sulphur ointment; of this often 
only one application was required. To facilitate the removal 
of the scabs, a solution of soda was resorted to. 
The author, in his resume , avers that this skin affection has 
not been described by any author on skin diseases in the 
horse, and is consequently unknown. Further, that it has 
great analogy to the “lichen,” an eruptive disease described 
by Cazenave and Schedel. 
