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bright grass-green colour ; but if his diet consists 

 of dry food, and he is kept in the stable, then it 

 assumes a very different hue ; varying from cream- 

 white to brown, or straw-colour, and mixed with pus 

 in some instances, and in others mingled with blood. 

 The discharge is sometimes continuous, and at others 

 it is only occasionally sneezed out. In the latter 

 case it is generally thick, and when so the disease 

 is on the wane. If, however, it is of long duration, 

 it sometimes assumes a serious aspect, and may 

 ultimately prove fatal to the horse. 



CURE. Give the following medicine twice a day : 



Sulphate of copper, or blue vitriol i drachm, 



made into a ball with treacle and linseed meal. 



Should this disease be attended with cough and 

 fever, then the following draught must be prepared : 



Linseed i pint, 



Treacle ... .8 ounces, 



Vinegar . i pint. 



The linseed must be soaked or decocted in hot water 

 for three or four hours, kept close to the fire, or on 

 the hob of a grate. Let it be poured off, and the 

 quantity of this tea which remains must be six pints. 

 Then add the other ingredients. 



Give the horse half-a-pint from four to six times 

 during the twenty-four hours. The above tonic, con- 

 sisting of sulphate of copper, should be continued 

 along with the cough mixture. Should pus be found 

 mixed with the nasal discharge, and the smell be 

 disagreeable, then the following tonic medicine must 

 be given : 



Sulphate of copper . . i drachm, 

 Gentian .... 2 drachms, 

 Ginger .... 2 drachms, 

 Treacle . . ounce 



