300 G L A N D E Ps S. 



By this time fome degree of obfervatioii 

 may be made whether the tumours tend 

 to luppuration, if fo, they will increafe in fize, 

 becoming pliable or fofc to preffure in the 

 middle; in which cafe apply the poultice, and 

 proceed as direfted in the Strangles, p. 2S1, 

 On the contrary, fhould the fwellings con- 

 tinue hard and immoveable, a running coming 

 on at the nofe, let notice be taken whether the 

 matter is of a kind, white, healthy appearance, 

 without fmell, and difcoloured ; or bearing 

 different tinges, and ftreaked with blood; if 

 the former, it is faypurablea and the complaint 

 may be firft treated as directed under the 

 articles of cold and cough, p. 200; but fliould 

 it prove of the laft defcription, care {l:iould be 

 taken to afcertain the fad, that every precau- 

 tion may be ufed in its infancy to prevent 

 what may foon become a cafe of trouble and 

 difquietude. At any rate the following plar\ 

 fhould be adopted without delay; 



Take rofemary, lavender flowers, fouthernwood 

 and marjoram, of each a handful; boil in two 

 or three quarts of water ^ and, putting into a 

 pail, let the horfc's head be fixed over it as 

 near as pofTible, fo long as the fumes pafTing 

 up the noftrils can be luppofed to take efFe<^ 

 as an internal fomentation. 



