Treatment.—Bleed moderately; give a laxative, and apply mustard to the loins. As after-measures, perfect rest, attention to diet, and repeated doses of opium.
APHTHA.
Cause.—Unknown.
Symptoms.—Small swelling on the lips; larger swellings upon the tongue. As the disease progresses, a clear liquid appears in each swelling. The bladders burst, crusts form, and the disease disappears.
Treatment.—Soft food, and the following wash for the mouth: Take borax, five ounces; honey or treacle, two pints; water, one gallon. Mix.
BLOOD SPAVIN.
A disease never encountered at the present time.
BOG SPAVIN.
Cause.—Brutality of some kind.
Symptom.—A puffy swelling at the front of and at the upper part of the hock.