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been abridged. Mild cases will require no more than 

 this, prol)ably, and the assistance of a poultice and fo- 

 mentation ofmarshmallows, daily, to the throat, to bring 

 the ^wel.in^ to a [iroper slate lor opening. This will be 

 shown by its pointing or becoming soft and peaked in 

 the middle. IJut a premature employment of the lan- 

 cet is to be avoided, to give time for the whole rnattey 

 to collect ; when this peiiod arrives, the whole swelling 

 will be soft and yielding to pressure, unless the animal 

 have a very thick skin, with a great chuckle-head. In 

 these cases, the i)art should be rubbed with a stimula- 

 ting liniment, and if the tumor is working its way in- 

 wards so as to threaten suffocation, blistering ointment 

 may be applied. After each and either of these appli- 

 cations, the poultice is to be again put on with care ; and 

 as much of its efficacy depends upon its remaining in 

 contact with the throat, the adjusting of k property re- 

 quires great pains and some adroitness for the thing. 



STIMULATING LINIxMENT.— Mustard, powdered,- 1 ounce r 

 liquid ammoaia, 3 drajhins. iMix,_ and apply assidiuusly to the 

 part. 



The suppuration may be further prompted by steam- 

 ing the head over warm water, or fumigating it as fol- 

 lows ; give him bran mashes frequently, placing the 

 vessel that contains this, well secured, in another vessel 

 larger than the first, into which much hotter water can 

 be introduced, so that the vapor may rise up all round 

 the mash, and constantly envelope the head. When the 

 tumor is a;scertained to be ripe, and not before, and open- 

 ing is made at its most depending part, and the matter 

 expressed gently ; wash it ofT clean with warm water, 

 and if the sore appear healthy, it will heal spontaneously, 

 or with the application of adhesive plaster. 



DIGESTIVE OINTMENT, No. 1.— Yclow Avax, rosin, Bur- 

 gundy pitch, of each 1 pound; turpentine, 4 ounces; linseed oil, 20 

 ounces. Dissolve over a slow fire. 



Strangles of the gullet. — Sometimes we find 

 those symptoms of the strangles reduced to one only, 

 viz. an obstinate running at the nose, which usually 

 lasts a long time, and occasionally ends fatally, by the 

 animal wasted away in pulmonary consumption. Many 

 people mistake this disorder for glanders, but it may be 

 distinguished from that con'agion by a rattling in the gul- 



