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one with the other until a large surface may become involved. 
Another way that seems to favor their development is when a 
scab is left to cover them ; it will then have a very offensive 
smell, kunkers then not only form on the floor, but also aroun 
the edges directly under the skin. The scab, while it offeis 
partial protection to the sore from flies, also affords a nc 
field for the development of kunkers The healing process is 
very slow ; ulceration and cicatrization may both appear in 
different parts of the same ulcer. 
It is not very difficult in examining a horse to tell it it 
has been affected with bursattee; they always leave scars 
which are diagnostic. The size of the cicatrix varies as to 
the extent and kind of treatment the wound has had ; it will 
be destitute of hair, with a gray, shiny appearance; it also has 
much the appearance of a scar caused from a bum. I he 
parts most subject are those most subject to injuries, as tie 
corner of the eyes and face, angles of the mouth, the shouldeis, 
the legs from the knee down, and in fact there seems to be no 
part of the body exempt, and in Prof. Robertson s work he 
speaks of their being found in the internal organs, but I have 
not had the chance of holding post-mortem on a subject that 
was affected during life. Having over two hundred stree 
car mules under our charge for the past three years has given 
a good general knowledge of the disease, such as the part of 
the body most subject, the time of the year animals are most 
affected^ the certainty of its reappearing the following season 
and its increased severity, the conditions favoring 1 s 
development and a little knowledge of the best, mode of 
treiitment ^ & very common place 
caused by interfering, we may have the inside half diseased, 
and when it heals in the fall there will remain quite an 
enlargement. During the winter months the horse may 
wound these enlargements to any extent and they mimed - 
atelv take on a healthy action the same as any simple wound, 
but during the summer months the wound maybe ever so 
small and the result will be a bursattee sore. The germs of 
disease are there and when the proper time of year comes 
