TREATMENT. 75 



51. Pulv. Camphora3 s'w. | 



Pulv. Myrrliie et Puiv. Potass. Nit. aa. 5viii. 



Extr. Belladon Bii- 



Pulv. Glycrrh. Pad 5viii. 



Theriac£e q.s. 



Misce tiat electuar. 



This, in small portions, is smeared over tlie tongue and 

 buccal membrane, or placed, by means of a piece of wood, 

 between the molar teeth several times daily ; it thus becomes 

 liquefied gradually, and, in being swallowed, has a beneficial 

 action on the membrane and structures of the pharynx and 

 throat. This internal local treatment may also be supple- 

 mented by an occasional gargling with a solution of nitrate or 

 chlorate of potass, or diluted sulphurous acid. In many in- 

 stances where the condition of the throat has been bad, the 

 membranes tumefied from submucous infiltration, and of a 

 livid character, I have fancied that good has resulted from 

 fumigation with sulphurous acid gas generated by the burning 

 of sulphur. This is particularly applicable when a number of 

 animals are affected at the same time, as also with a view to 

 arrest the progress of the disease, and recommends itself from 

 the ease with which it may be accomplished and carried to any 

 extent. 



Both during the dry stage of the inflammation of the mem- 

 brane of the upper air-passages, and also when this has been 

 succeeded by the moist stage of increased secretion, when 

 there is much cellular discharge from the nostrils, the inhala- 

 tion of the vapour of hot water has a soothing and grateful 

 effect ; this is accomplished in different ways, usually by means 

 of scalded bran or chopped hay, placed in an ordinary nose- 

 bag, and held to the horse's nose. In addition, the material in 

 the nosebag may be medicated, by which means not only 

 local but also systemic irritation is sometimes considerably 

 alleviated. The agents employed in this medication are usually 

 preparations of opium, sulphurous acid, iodine, turpentine, or 

 belladonna. 



In addition to this internal treatment of the laryngeal and 

 pharyngeal symptoms in most of the influenza cases, it is often 



