NASAL GLEET. Ill 



terminate in glanders or farcy, or give rise to them. So will 

 bad treatment, and ^^oor keeping, in a close, dirty stable. In 

 this way, gleet may result in glanders, but I deny that it is a 

 forerunner of glanders, or, in any way, necessarily connected 

 with it. The membrane lining the extensive cavity of the 

 nose, called the sniderian membrane, secretes a mucous fluid 

 for the purpose of moistening its surface. Now, when this 

 membrane is inflamed or irritated, this secretion is greatly 

 increased, as in cold. It is well known that when active in- 

 flammation or irritation is neglected, or imj)ro];)erly treated, 

 it will become chronic. Such is the character of gleet. It 

 is a chronic irritation of this membrane. 



A familiar example, of an entirely similar irritation, is ob- 

 served in continued sore eyes in the human patient, being 

 the result of active inflammation from cold. 



Its efi*ect is to cause a thickening of this very thin lining 

 of the cavity of the nose, and keep up a constantly increased 

 flow of its secretion. And it most frequently results from 

 catarrh or strangles. 



Treatment. — This disease is by no means readily cured. 

 Being of a chronic character, it requires time and patience to 

 eff'ect a cure. The horse should have good feeding, not of a 

 stimulating character, and should be carefully protected from 

 exposure and damp, cold weather. Pure air is very im- 

 portant to him. The following internal remedy must be 

 given : 



Take — Alum, pulverized 2 ounces. » 



Indigo, pulverized 1 ounce. 



Cantharides, (Spanish flies), pulverized. .2 drams. 



Spanish brown 1 ounce. 



Mix thoroughly together, and give one tea-spoonful twice a day, in the 

 horse's feed. 



The use of this should be continued until the discharge has 

 stopped, and the inside of the nostrils are of their natural 

 appearance. At the same time of commencing with the 



