174 The Management and Treatment of the Morse, 



a very different hue, varying from cream -white to brown 

 or straw colour, and mixed with pus ; in some instances 

 this is mixed with blood. This discharge is sometimes 

 continuous, and at others it is only occasionally squeezed 

 out : in the latter case it is generally thick, and when so 

 the disease is generally on the wane. If, however, it is 

 of long duration, it sometimes assumes a serious aspect, 

 and may ultimately prove fatal. Sometimes this 

 disease is accompanied with cough, and when it is so, 

 the writer has found very good results from the 

 following pectoral balls, given every day for a week. 

 They are also very good for horses suffering from 

 asthma or chronic cough: — Balsam of capivi, Barba- 

 does tar and Castile soap, of each four ounces, prepared 

 kali one ounce, beat them together in a mortar, then 

 add carraway seed, aniseed, grains of paradise, and 

 liquorice powder, of each four ounces, sufficient honey 

 or treacle to form it into a stiff paste. Give two ounces 

 each day for three days, then every other day for a 

 week, and afterwards one or two a week. The writer 

 frequently stimulates the nostrils with the fume of 

 vinegar, and for this purpose make a brick red hot, and 

 put a horse cloth over the horse's head, holding the 

 brick on a shovel under the cloth, and pouring gently 

 the vinegar on to the brick. The fumes are confined 

 in the rug, and the animal is forced to inhale it. This 

 will be found to cleanse the nostrils and heal the 

 irritation of the mucous membrane. If the disease is 

 of long standing it may be as well to use Venice 

 turpentine alternately with the vinegar. For this 

 purpose the turpentine should be mixed with bran, 



