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If, however, the complaint is followed bj weakness, it will 

 be necessary to have recourse to the following tonic medicine, 

 which should be repeated daily imtil the horse recovers 

 strength ; — 



Ginger . . 2 drachms, 



Camomile . . .2 ditto, 



Gentian .^ . 2 ditto. 



In bad cases of strangles the parotid gland will swell to 

 a great size, and even become ulcerated ; and in other in- 

 stances an accumulation of fluid will take place, from swell- 

 ing of the duct, and cause the vessel to burst. In this event 

 a fistulous ulcer will follow, which will be found very difficult 

 to eradicate. In such a case, it will require the aid of a 

 regular veterinary surgeon, as an operation must be had 

 recourse to, which no one but a regular and experienced 

 practitioner will be able to perform. 



Strangles seems incidental to almost every horse ; and 

 as it is a complaint which is often of long continuance, 

 foreign veterinary surgeons conceived the idea of inoculating 

 to produce a milder degree of tlie disease. This they 

 performed either with part of the discharge from the 

 nostrils, or with matter from the tumour. In many cases 

 this has had a most beneficial result, being both shorter in 

 its duration and milder in its efiects. 



CANKER AND WOUNDS IN THE MOUTH. 



It is but a too common occurrence, that the sides of the 

 mouth and other parts are wounded by the bit, Avhich may 

 be either too acute in its edges or may not fit. Frequently 

 deep wounds are in consequence indicted in the sides and 

 inner parts, more especially between the grinders and the 

 tushes, on which the bit rests. It is no uncommon occur- ' 

 rence for the entire flesh to be removed from between the 



