Treatment.—Place in a loose box. No hay for some weeks. Damp the corn, and sprinkle a handful of ground oak-bark on each feed. Attend to exercise. If the legs continue to enlarge, hand-rub them well and long.
TEETH.
Cause.—A thickening of the membrane sometimes conceals the upper tushes and provokes constitutional symptoms.
Treatment.—Lance the membrane.
Symptoms of Toothache.—Head carried on one side, or pressed against the wall; saliva dribbles from the lips; quidding or partial mastication of the food, and allowing the morsel to fall from the mouth. Appetite capricious; sometimes spirit is displayed—then the horse is equally dejected. The tooth dies; the opposing tooth grows long. The opposite teeth become very sharp, from the horse masticating only on one side. The long tooth presses upon the gum and provokes nasal gleet.
Treatment.—Chisel off projecting tooth; file down the sharp edges of the opposite teeth, and look to the mouth frequently.
TETANUS.
Causes.—Cold rain; draughts of air; too much light; wounds.
Symptoms.—The wound often dries up. The horse grows fidgety. Upon lifting up the head, "the haw" projects over the eye. The tail is raised; the ears are pricked; the head is elevated; the limbs are stiff; the body feels hard. Any excitement may call up a fearful spasm.
Treatment.—Give a double dose of purgative medicine. Place in solitude and in quiet. Put a pailful of gruel and a thin mash within easy reach of the head. Let nobody excepting the favorite groom approach the place; and allow him to enter it only once a day.