The quantity of food should be but little at a time, and given often; the stomach does not become overloaded by this means. The following ball is used by some instead of the last, and is found efficacious : OCCURS sometimes with such draught-horses as may have been over-worked, and occasionally with a stallion which has been allowed to cover too much in a season; the muscles become relaxed, and consequently are unable to perform their functions, or to support the penis in a natural position. Cure.-When the falling first commences, return the penis into the sheath, and bathe with cold water several times during a day; after which smear the parts with a liniment of hog's lard and turpentine, in the following proportions-to one part of the latter add four parts of the former. This must be melted over a slow fire. When general weakness accompanies the falling, tonics and cordials are resorted to; and sometimes it will be found necessary to bolster up the penis, and apply a charge over the hinder part of the sheath, leaving enough room to allow the horse to pass his water. FALLING OF THE FUNDAMENT, SOMETIMES comes on horses recently docked; at other times it is the effect of continued relaxation of the bowels; occasionally it proceeds from over-exertion. Cure. Wash the gut with a solution of alum; after which, bind a piece of linen round your two fingers, and having greased it, thrust the protruding gut into the anus. A small quantity of the solution may be occasionally injected. If the gut is inflamed, a cooling liniment should be used. In obstinate cases it has been found necessary to cut off or burn with the cautery the protruding gut: in this case, quietness and rest is very necessary. A run at grass for a week or two will be advantageous. This complaint, however, but seldom appears, except with horses of a washy and weakly constitution: and even with this, if taken in time, à cure is not difficult. THIS is a disease brought on the horse by the saddle pressing too much on the withers, and little or no notice being taken of it the first day or so, the part becomes inflamed and sorely affected; and though at first, small, begins to spread on either side. Cure. In slight cases apply a poultice, in order to bring the part affected to a head, and to promote the formation of matter; then pass a seton from the top to the bottom of the tumour, on both sides if necessary. When the case has passed into the fistulous symptoms, the greatest of care is required, for fistulas when neglected or badly treated, soon change into obstinate ulcers. Caustic applications will be called into use in these stages of the disease, which will be most efficacious in destroying the malignity of the case and restoring the parts affected to a healthy state. The following may be applied :— Corrosive Sublimate Spirit of Wine 2 drachms. This lotion will soon begin to show its effects, and in a few days the surface will put on a better aspect, when it will be necessary to keep the part clean, and doubtless the whole will be healed shortly after; but the saddle should not be used too soon, as the skin being thin, the former symptoms might return. In very obstinate cases the treatment may be undertaken similar to that mentioned under the "Pole Evil." POLE EVIL TAKES its name from its situation on the pole of the head, and commences in inflammation, gradually resolving itself into an abscess or ulcer, when it becomes most troublesome to cure. It is more frequently found with large draught or farm-horses; the hair at the roots of the mane causing irritation, they are apt to rub their heads against the stall, sometimes rather violently; hence, in time, an abscess is formed, more particularly when there is an inclination towards mange. Blows of all description on the head, however obtained, will bring on Pole Evil; but none so soon as those administered by a set of brutal unfeeling carters, who, instead of assisting a horse, and endeavouring to make him understand what is required, take the butt-end of their stick or whip, and, to the injury of the animal, strike it most severely over the head. Some assert that this disease sometimes proceeds from a peculiar habit of body; but the generality of practitioners are against this assertion. As soon as discovered, the attempt to cure should not be delayed, since the disease spreads with great rapidity. The occipital and parietal bones have not unfrequently been affected with it; and it has been known to penetrate the parotid gland. Its worst symptoms are present when it attacks the articular ligaments, and pours the malignant discharge into the spinal canal, which then brings on paralysis. Treatment. When the inflammation is first perceived, and is found to be but slight, it has sometimes yielded to the following application: This lotion should be applied by means of a cloth large enough to draw over the ears, two holes having been cut in it for that purpose. By these means, the rag will adhere closely to the pole, and it should be kept constantly wet with the lotion. When the inflammation is great, it will be necessary to try the effects of a blister, and then apply the above lotion. Meanwhile let a gentle purge be administered every third or fourth day. If the inflammation approaches the ligamewtary connexions underneath, astringent and tonic applications must be resorted to: Cantharides Spirits of Wine 2 ounces, - 2 ounces, 6 ounces, mixed, and put into a bottle, with a few shakings in the mean time will be ready for use in ten days. This may then be rubbed twice a day on the parts affected; terebinthinated tincture of cantharides will answer the same purpose. These failing, and an abscess being inevitable, the first care must be to encourage and hasten the maturation, which may be effected by means of poultices, and when the swelling has ripened a speedy evacuation of the contents is necessary; this may be procured by the introduction of a seton, running the needle into the uppermost end of the tumour and bringing it out at the lowest extremity, that the humour may flow with ease. By these means, Pole Evil, in its earliest stage, may be often effectually cured. When the abscess has been neglected, and the case proves obstinate, it then assumes a more formidable aspect; the ulcer deepens and spreads, and eroding the ligaments of the joints of the neck. We must resort to painful operations to produce a healthy action, and an eventual filling up of the diseased parts; for when the thin ichorous discharge follows the healthy secretion, sinuses begin to form in all directions, which terminate in caries of the bones of the neck. If reglected when in this state, or badly treated, the horse is apt to acquire a stiffness in the neck, and a |