HORSES: THEIR POINTS AND MANAGEMENT 



there is a considerable degree of constitutional disturbance, 

 causing loss of appetite, thirst, cough, and elevation of internal 

 temperature, with irregularity of external warmth. In other 

 cases there is little more apparent than the swelling under the 

 jaw, the maturation and rupture of which is followed by a 

 return to health, or, it may be, increased vigour. At the 

 very outset of the complaint, the upper part of the throat feels 

 exceedingly hard when manipulated, yet there may be no 

 obvious swelling. When the latter becomes great, the breathing 

 is interfered with, perhaps threatening suffocation. 



Treatment. — Put the animal in a warm and dry house ; 

 clothe the body and give soft food only. Try and encourage 

 the discharge (if any) from the nose through the use of inhala- 

 tions, at frequent intervals. The swelling under the jaw can 

 be hastened on through the use of a blister ; the application of 

 which is the least trouble, though the author's experience has 

 shown that better results are brought about when the application 

 of hot linseed, or other meal poultices, can be properly apphed. 

 The writer does not advise the use of a blister under any other 

 circumstances than that of convenience. When the abscess 

 has matured, i.e.^ feels soddened, and " pits " when pressed by 

 the finger tip, it should be lanced, its contents allowed to drain 

 out, and the cavity washed with a solution of creolin (2 drachms 

 to a pint of water). Now plug it with clean tow tor a lew 

 days. The dressing withdrawn, it is allowed to heal up. 



In the event of the systemic disturbance being great, 

 2 drachms of chlorate of potash can be added to a quarter of a 

 pailful of cold water, night and morning. 



In irregular strangles the abscess appears in some other 

 situation ; in many^cases, internally. 



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