Malanders is a disorder that attacks the back part, or flexure, of the knee joint, and depends upon a combination of mange and grease. It appears as a scurfy or scabby eruption, and is often very painful, causing some degree of lameness from the pain the animal feels in moving the joint. Sometimes it is not so considerable as to produce lameness, or any apparent inconvenience, but generally becomes troublesome and obstinate unless attended to. Salanders occur in the fore part, or flexure, of the hock joint, and are of the same nature as malanders. They should first be well washed with soap and water, and all the scurf and loose cuticle completely removed. They may then be cured by the following ointments:—
OINTMENT FOR MALANDERS AND SALANDERS.
No. 1. Ointment of nitrate of mercury, commonly named citrine ointment.
No. 2. Hog’s lard, two ounces; red precipitate, finely powdered, two drachms.
No. 3. Hog’s lard, four ounces; melt, and stir in Goulard’s extract, one ounce.—White.
Male, a. Of the sex that begets young, not female.
Male, s. The he of any species.
Malefeathers, s. Those on the breast of a hawk.
Mallard, s. The drake of the wild duck.
