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in the disea*?e ; and when this occurs, it greatly 

 interferes with the Horse's eating and drinking. 

 In this disease the symptomatic fever is apt to 

 run high, and, from the excess of irritabihty 

 brought on, tlie Horse frequently falls a 

 victim. 



The treatment of this disease is altogether 

 difficult, and frequently doubtful. It has been 

 by some writers thought, that in the early 

 stage of the disease, the better plan would be 

 to close the venial orifice, which is to be done 

 by the application of the budding iron applied 

 to the outer edge of the orifice. What good 

 this is to do I really cannot tell ; because if you 

 occasion sloughing of the part, that does not 

 remove the main disease, only it may have a 

 tendency to heal the orifice without having 

 any connexion with the vein where the disease 

 may be going on all the time, to a very con- 

 siderable extent : it is also said, that the 

 ichorous oozing once being stopped, the vein 

 will become in all respects as it was at first : 

 but this I deny ; for if the vein once takes on 

 inflammation, its obliteration is certain to 

 follow. Nor is this of so much danger jis 

 many persons would have you believe ; for 

 there are a number of branches that will en- 

 large for the return of the blood from the 

 head, &c. Still, in such cases, keep the 

 Horse's head tied up, so that he have as 

 little motion as possible. 



INow, my plan, that I have always pursued 

 in these cases, has been, instead of using the 

 cautery to heal up the original wound, to 

 keep that wound open, then introduce a probe 

 as far up the course of the vein towards the 

 head as you can ; then feeling down upon the 

 end of the probe with your finger, cut down 

 on the course of the vein about an inch above 

 the end of the probe, and apply a ligature 



firmly on. Then take a probe-pointed history, 

 slit up the length of the vein that may be ob- 

 literated, let this wound be well washed with 

 warm water, and apply a suture or two, and 

 a piece of tow or tape dressed with digestive 

 ointment until suppuration takes place ; after 

 which, in all probability, the sutures will come 

 away, when dress as a common wound with 

 compound tincture of myrrh. If abscesses or 

 sinuses become formed before you are applied 

 to, your better plan then is to introduce setons, 

 so that the matter formed may escape by a 

 depending orifice. Sometimes these sinuses 

 take on an indolent manner, and become very 

 troublesome : in such a case, inject them 

 with a solution of sulphate of zinc, which will 

 generally be found sufficiently strong to answer 

 all purposes ; say, 



Take Sulphate of zinc - 1 oz. 

 Water - _ . _ 4 clo. 



Let the water be warm, and dissolve the sul- 

 phate of zinc in it; this injected into the 

 sinuses will be found of great service, and 

 less irritable than corrosive sublimate, cop- 

 peras, &c., &c. During the application of 

 the foregoing remedies, give the Horse the 

 following : 



Take Blue pill - 8 drams. 

 Cape aloes - 8 do. 

 Resin - - 8 do. 

 Form into a mass with linseed 

 meal and soft soap. 



Divide into six balls ; give one every second 

 morning, first thing on going to stable. 



It sometimes happens tliat the plate and 



thio^h vein mav take on inflammation, in conse- 



quence of the phleme being driven in too far, 



and puncturing the facia and parts underneath 



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