176 The Management and Treatment of the Horse, 



This, like many more complaints, commences with 

 the animal coughing, and differs but little from a 

 common cough, and is often mistaken for it in its 

 early stages. It, however, differs from common 

 catarrh by a more abundant discharge from the 

 nostrils, which is of a yellowish colour, and unac- 

 companied by any disagreeable smell ; it is also in 

 most cases mixed with matter. There is, besides, a 

 profuse discharge of slimy stringy fluid from the 

 mouth. The membrane lining of the nose is intensely 

 red. It will be found that a considerable swelling 

 has taken place between the jaws, accompanied by 

 fever, which is distinguished by want of appetite, a 

 quick pulse, and a hot mouth, with a general weakness 

 of the whole frame producing a dejected appearance. 

 There is likewise a quick motion of the flanks and a 

 coldness of the leofs and ears. The swelling is in the 

 form of a tumour between the jaws, increasing with 

 various degrees of rapidity, occupying in some instances 

 the whole of the space between the jaws, giving great 

 pain to the horse while eating; it besides manifests a 

 great disinclination to feed. This is accompanied by 

 much, thirst, but the swelling prevents him drinking, 

 and having diank a mouthful or two it desists, after 

 which, and even after eating, it is frequently seized 

 with a spasmodic cough with suffocating symptoms. 

 The swelling is of one uniform body, and therefore 

 differs from the swelling of the glands in common 

 catarrh and the glanders. As the principal source of 

 this complaint consists in the swelling between the 

 jaws, the first thing to be attended to is to bring the 



