Symptom.—Raising both hind legs, one after the other, previous to starting.
Treatment.—None is possible.
SURFEIT.
Cause.—Heat of body.
Symptom.—An eruption of round, blunt, and numerous spots.
Treatment.—If the pulse is not affected, the symptom may disappear in a few hours. Look to the food. Abstract eight pounds of hay, and allow two bundles of cut grass per day. Even increase the oats, but with each feed give a handful of old crushed beans. The following drink will be of service: Liquor arsenicalis, one ounce; tincture of muriate of iron, one ounce and a half; water, one quart. Mix. Give daily, one pint for a dose.
Symptom.—If a young horse has been neglected through the winter, the surfeit lumps do not disappear. An exudation escapes; the constitution is involved, and the disease is apt to settle upon the lungs.
Treatment.—Do not take out. Keep the stable aired, and attend to cleanliness. Feed as previously directed, and allow bran mashes when the bowels are constipated. Administer the drink recommended above, night and morning. Clothe warmly; remove from a stall to a loose box. Should the pulse suddenly sink, allow two pots of stout each day. If the appetite fail, give gruel instead of water, and present a few cut carrots from the hand. The shortest of these cases occupy a fortnight.
SWOLLEN LEGS.
Cause.—Debility.