64 NAVIN OX THE HOESE. 



Internally give the following alterative : 



Take — Red puccoon, (blood-root), powdered. . . .2 ounces. 



Gentian-root, powdered 2 ounces. 



Sulphur 2 ounces. 



Saltpeter, powdered 2 ounces. 



Mix tliorouglily together. 



Give one tea-spoonful twice a day, in one pint of warm 

 water, as a drench, until well. 



GLANDERS. 



This is, perhaps, the most fatal, as well as the most loath- 

 some disease to which the horse is subject. It has been de- 

 scribed by different writers for a period of over fifteen centu- 

 ries, and has almost invariably been considered incurable. 

 It is generally conceded to be produced by various causes ; but, 

 by whatever cause produced, its course is much the same. In 

 treating of this malady I shall pursue my usual course ; first 

 explaining the symptoms, then the causes, and such other mat- 

 ters as are important to be understood in order to a perfect 

 knowledge of the disease, and the* principles upon which the 

 treatment is based; and, lastly, giving the treatment which 

 has proved most successful in my hands. 



Symi)toms. — The first symptom of glanders is a dry, but not 

 staring appearance of the hair, it occasionally resuming its nat- 

 m'al gloss for a time, and then again fading. The ilesh dimin- 

 ishes, or wastes away rapidly, on dry feed, but will return again 

 on bran, brewery, or distillery slops, or any soft, nutritious 

 food ; but this improvement will be only temporary, and the 

 flesh again commences to waste ; and eventually the hair be- 

 comes staring, and the horse exhibits indications of failing 

 strength and vitality. These symptoms may continue for a 

 longer or shorter time before any others make their aj)i)ear- 

 ance. The next and most characteristic symptom will be a 

 discharge from the nostrils of a lighter and paler color than 



