53 



let ; also by the quality of the running, which is neither 

 so white nor of so much consistency, but watery and 

 curdled. The animal scarcely ever is troubled with a 

 coutrh, and then it is very feeble, but to make up for this 

 exhibits frequent contractions of the larynx. 



After the tumor is opened, give gentle physic, for 

 which purpose, the following laxative ball is recommen- 

 ded ; or you may add thereto, one drachm of emetic 

 tartar, and give another ball after an interval of one day, 

 unless the pulse is low : 



MILD PURGATIVE BALL,— Aloe?, 3 drachms, and Castile 

 soap, 3 drachms, and ginger,! scruple. Mix, with mucilage to fonn 

 a ball. 



Bastard Strangles is a favorite term witli some 

 persons, who would soften down the real fact of their 

 horses having the glanders, which it really is, and not 

 stranirles. But bastard or not bastard, it is alvvavs in- 

 fectious, and the animal always dies of strangulation, 

 or the disorder becomes the glanders, producing a sani- 

 ous discharge from the nose when the cough ceases. — 

 Apply fumigation. 



FUMIGATION. — Tako the leaves and root of marsh mallows, 

 an arm full, with 6 quarts of water. 



Boil them, and put the whole into a nose bag, and hang 

 it round the head of the animal, to make him inhale the 

 steam. The bag may be made of stout cloth, but hung 

 with the upper part quite open, to avoid suflbcation. — 

 Leave the bag at the animal's nose until no more steam 

 will arise. This will be found a very proper remedy in 

 all cases of strangles, the first stage of glanders, and 

 obstinate colds. 



GLANDERS is a contagious disease only when it 

 has lasted some time. Original glander may be acquired 

 by horses being shut up close together, in hot damp 

 stables, in swampy situations. 



A sudden transition from cold air to a hot stable, as 

 well as from heat to cold, will occasion a running at the 

 nose , or a blow there, as well as a drench clumsily ad- 

 ministered ; either of those causes being foreknown, 

 should render us cautious in pronouncing the running 

 contagious, and thus subject the property to destruction. 



