. Diseases in the American stable, field and farmyard : containing a familiar description of diseases, their nature, cause and symptoms, the most approved method of treatment, and the properties and use of remedies, with directions for preparing them. Veterinary medicine; Horses. SALIVATION. 163 occasionally the immediate cause of death in cases of NEEDLE ARMED WITH -VTIRE. Saddle Galls.—Sores produced by the saddle and other portions of the harness, ^nd are best treated by the compound tincture of aloes or myrrh. When the sores become hard and firm, like warts, use the ointment of iod
. Diseases in the American stable, field and farmyard : containing a familiar description of diseases, their nature, cause and symptoms, the most approved method of treatment, and the properties and use of remedies, with directions for preparing them. Veterinary medicine; Horses. SALIVATION. 163 occasionally the immediate cause of death in cases of NEEDLE ARMED WITH -VTIRE. Saddle Galls.—Sores produced by the saddle and other portions of the harness, ^nd are best treated by the compound tincture of aloes or myrrh. When the sores become hard and firm, like warts, use the ointment of iodide of mercury. (See Medicines and Prescrip- tions.) Remove the cause of the trouble by attending to the saddle and harness, and if there be no fault to be found with the stuffing of the saddle, cut a hole suffi- ciently large in the padding to accommodate the sore without touching it. Sallenders.—(See Mallenders.) Saliva.—The fluid which is secreted by the salivary glands into the mouth, and is swallowed with the food. When horses are feeding, the saliva mixes with the feed, and resolves, dissolves, and changes it into a soft mass fit to be swallowed. (See Parotid Duct.) Salivation.—This is an increased flow of saliva in- duced in the horse by mercury and other medicines, and is often seen in horses which are feeding upon the second crop of clover late in the fall of the year, or after slight frosts; which fact sufficiently accounts not only for the salivation of, but also the reason why, horses so feeding lose flesh and become thin and weak, although apparently feeding upon abundance. Second crop clover grows fast, is soft, and full of mois- ture, and cool nights arrest its mush-room growth, and. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original McClure, Robert. Philadelphia : Porter
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