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imal will shrink if it be sore within, and he will soon 

 evince difficulty of swallowing, and refuse his food; 

 inflammation has begun. 



Remedy. — When the glands swell, and there is no 

 doubt it is from a cold, apply camphorated spirits of 

 wine ; but if the inflammation be of to great degree, 

 bran |)ouhice may be applied r.o advantage. If those 

 enlarged glands already contain matter, the tendency 

 to irritation will thus be reduced ; if merely sordid tu- 

 mors, either application v/ill effect relief, so that he 

 may take his medicines with less difficulty. By steam- 

 ing the head for an hour, or applying hot flannels that 

 have been steeped in boiling water, it will be tound ser- 

 viceable, taking care to dry-rub the coat immediately 

 after, which also assists to reduce the swelling. If 

 this symptom does :jot give way before those applica- 

 tions, and the throat is ascertained to be sore, blister- 

 ing may be resorted to, taking care to extend the oint- 

 ment directed in page 22, over the whole of ;he parts 

 aifecied. As in all other inflammatory diseases, bleed- 

 ing to an amount proportioned to the violence of the 

 attack and condition of the horse, [see what is said 

 on that subject, page 14, and about ''bleedidg for fe- 

 vers,''] with purgatives an 1 clysters, should accompa- 

 ny the above external applications, [recipes for which 

 are given in the preceding p^ges,] — thesa, with bran 

 mashes, and boiled oats, and the u:ver powders pre- 

 scribed in page 16, will reduce the symptoms. The 

 same precautions given before for the lung and other 

 complaints, must be taken to prevent a relapse, to 

 which which for a time he is daily liable. He will 

 improve gradually. 



THE COUGH 



Which accompanies this disorder will freqently re- 

 main after the o'her symptoms have abated ; in some 

 cases a cough is the only symptom of catarrhal in- 

 flammation that the animal suflers under, and in both 

 we should apply ourselves to reduce the inflammation 

 of windpipe, &c. which occasions the cough ; for if 

 not cured at once, it baffles all our efforts for a long 

 while, and ultimately becomes what is denominated a 

 Chronic Cough. Therefore should our attention io 



