302 GLANDERS. 



matter should be so discharged) /with a strong 

 forcible syringe, haif a gill of the following 

 injection three or four times a day, first made 

 milk-warm, and then thrown up with the 

 full power of the instrument : 



Take of Unseed one ounce ; 



Camomile and elder flowers each half an ounce ; 

 boil in three pints of water for some minutes, 

 then strain off, and add mel Mgypliacum (or 

 Egyptian honey) four ounces, mixing well to- 

 gether at each time using". 



If the matter bears all those appearances 

 of malignancy that threaten a corrosion and 

 rottenness of the bones, continue incessant in 

 the use of both fumigation and injection, 

 putting the horse immediately upon a mild 

 course of unction in the following way : let 

 tivo^ or at most threc^ drachms of the strong 

 mercurial ointment be very well rubbed into 

 the glandular tumours, under the throat or 

 ears, every night for a fortnight ; first taking 

 away with the scissars all superfluous or long 

 hairs, that the mercurial particles may be 

 with more certainty absorbed by the vessels, 

 and taken into the circulation. If the owner 

 *^of a horse labouring under this difficulty 

 w^ishes, like a drowning man, to avail him- 

 self of ANOTHEU twig, he may call in the aid 



