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tongue and gums, that the nature of the disease is clearly’ manifested. 
The pulse is very low, the languor increases, and there is often more or 
less delirium. The course of the disease is extremely rapid, and in five or 
six days a strong horse will sink beneath its powers, refusing food, and 
dying without any attempt to rally. The treatment should be of the most 
generous kind, as soon as the bowels have been gently moved, which 
should be effected, if possible, by injection. Then give a ball two or three 
times a day, composed thus :— 
Take of Carbonate of Ammonia . .. . . . . 4to1drachm. 
PowaereaGinzeren sl.) ail ee ye) -dndrachm: 
Powdered Yellow Bark. . . . . 38 drachms. 
Syrup enough to make into a ball. 
This should be washed down with a quart of ale caudle, and hay tea 
should be allowed as the drink ad libitum, or, if there is diarrhcea, rice 
water may be used in the same way. Few cases, however, will recover, 
in spite of every exertion and careful treatment on the part of the 
attendant. 
ANASARCA. 
ANASARCA, OR MOOR-ILL, occurs chiefly among horses turned out in 
marshes or low commons, and may readily be known by the general 
swelling of the body, increasing by gravitation in the legs during the 
standing posture, but showing itself chiefly in the lower side of the body 
in the early morning, when the horse has been lying down all night. The 
disease is now rare, but it occasionally appears under the circumstances 
above described. The treatment must be by acting on the kidneys, the 
following being a useful recipe for the purpose :— 
PakerolyNitVes Wer as) shi oe) sha ol Ucplh ee a, ee, «4. drachms) 
Powdered\Resiti. <« . « ws cs a - « « « ordrachme: 
Gingors yee itetaith fl ante sot fe ey es ele arachins 
Spirit of Nitrous Rther . . .... . =. . Igoz 
Warm Water. .. . 2 Pints, 
" Mix and give as a drench every night. 
GLANDERS. 
THIS FRIGHTFUL CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASE appears to consist in the 
generation of some poisonous matter in the blood, which nature attempts 
to throw off by establishing a discharge in the nostrils. It is perfectly 
incurable, and therefore it is only necessary to study its symptoms, with a 
view to distinguish it from ozena, with which alone it is liable to be con- 
founded. Its chronic character and insidious onset will serve to dis- 
tinguish it from catarrh and strangles. 
AT ITS COMMENCEMENT, it seems to be confined to the internal lining of 
the nostrils, which is not reddened, as in chronic catarrh (ozena), but 
presents a leaden or purple colour, sometimes of a deep shade, but at first 
generally very light and pale. This is accompanied by a thin acrid dis- 
charge, transparent, and without odour. Generally, one nostril only is 
affected, which in this country is more frequently the left, and in France 
the right ; but why this should be so has never yet been even conjectured 
with any appearance of probability. This state of things usually only 
lasts for a few weeks, but it may go on for an indefinite time, and is 
recognised as the first stage; during which the health does not suffer, and 
the horse can, and oft2n does, go on with his ordinary work. It may be 
