^4 Strangles, 



. tie^s of the throat; and in this way it is^ that they abate the cougb 

 and wheezing-, which are oftentimes so very distressing to the animal-- 

 j^ut bhstcrinf^, (in order to derive from it all the advantages which 

 Jt is capable of effecting in Strangles) should be applied more ex- 

 tensively than is commonly advised. For it is not merely necessary 

 to confine the application of the Blister to the tumours or swellings 

 which may appear, as it ought to be rubbed well into the skin, not 

 only under the hollow of the jaw, but round the swallow, on the 

 bend of the neck, as high as the roots of the ears, and also about 

 three inches down the gullet— In the course of twenty-four hours 

 after the application of the Blister, in case the animal appear to 

 labour veri/ violent^ in the flanks, and the cough should be very 

 frequent and distressing, but not otherwise, it may be adviseable to 

 take away from three to five quarts of blood according to the size 

 and strength of the patient, I must again repeat, however, that 

 bleeding in this disease is hardly ever to be ventured upon, but in 

 the cxtremest cases of oppression of the lungs. The state of the 

 Bow43ls ought to be attended to, :and costiveness should be guarded 

 against, by injections composed of four quarts of warm thin Gruel, 

 in which two table spoonfuls of Salt have been xlissolved. These 

 should be repeated every four hours until the Fceces are thrown off 

 in a state evidently, loose. Commonly, one finds much unnecessary 

 solicitude in the attendants, on the subject of nourishment for 

 Horses labouring under Strangles, especially as in general, they 

 obstinately refuse eating the food which is presented to them; at least 

 this is the case from the time the inflammation has become very high,, 

 until suppuration has actually taken place in the inflamed part. 



