2^4 STRANGLES. 



It is a ccnfclaiion in this diflempcr that a 

 iymptom of danger feldom occurs, unlefs frorn 

 negled or abfolute cruelty in ufing or driving 

 a horfe to extremity in the height of difeafe^ 

 fo as to produce great fever and inflammation. 

 The diforder generally terminates with a run-? 

 ing at the nole, in a greater or lefs degree, 

 which fhould be frequently cleanfed from the 

 .infide of the noftrils, by means of a fponge 

 fufficiently moiftened in warm water to pre- 

 vent its acquiring an adhefion to thofe parts, 

 or a foulnefs and fcetidity that would fhortly 

 become acrimonious and corrofive. When 

 the wound is entirely healed, the horfe has 

 regained his appetite, and may be confidered 

 -perfectly recovered from the languor and de- 

 bilitation which this complaint confl an tly pro- 

 duces, he (lioald be put upon a gentle courfe 

 of mild mercurial phyfic, if there are no cir- 

 cumflances to forbid it : this fhould be pre^ 

 pared with due attention to his ftate and con- 

 dition, feleding it from the variety oi purging 

 prefcriptions afforded by the index under that 

 head. And this becomes the more imme- 

 diately neceffary (hould a copious and ofFen- 

 five difcharge continue from the noftrils after 

 healing theabfcefs, and leave room to fufpedl 



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