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ful morning and night, in the feed. No corn nor corn-meal 

 should be given. Open the bowels with aloes or linseed 

 oil. Lay the tumor open with a knife, and inject into the 

 opening a solution of sulphate of zinc, two drachms to a 

 pint of water; or the tincture of iodine is very good; sul- 

 phuric acid is used in "some cases, but it is a dangerous 

 remedy. 



FISTULA OF THE WITHERS. 



This disease is situated on the withers, or the raised line 

 of the back, over the shoulders, and is precisely the same 

 disease as poll-evil, location only giving it a different name. 

 It is more common than poll-evil, as ten to one, arising 

 from the same causes, and requiring the same treatment ; 

 it yields, however, more readily than the former disease. 

 GLANDERS. 



This loathsome disease has defied medical treatment in 

 all ages of the world. It is one of the most treacherous 

 diseases known to man, being highly contagious, and com- 

 municated readily from horse to horse and from horse to 

 man by means of inoculation. Hence the best treatment is 

 a leaden ball through the brain. Symptoms: a discharge 

 of matter from one or both nostrils, enlargement of one or 

 both glands under the jaw ; when one nostril only is 

 affected, the gland on the same side is almost invariably 

 enlarged, the membrane lining the nose is pale or leaden in 

 color, with ulcerations upon it. The discharge usually sticks 

 to the nostrils like glue, and is sometimes white, but oftener 

 grayish in color. These latter symptoms appear in other 

 diseases of a catarrhal character from an acrid discharge 

 from the nose. Glanders fully developed, is not easily con- 

 founded with other diseases, as the discharge becomes more 

 glutinous, and adheres to the edges of the nostrils more 



