94 THE STRANGLES. 



longer and in greater quantity than usual, and 

 may, without proper care and management, turn 

 to the glanders. 



The best remedy is, to use every endeavour to 

 assist nature, by keeping the horse in a vrarm 

 stable, and well covered with a rug. Warm water, 

 and hot mashes, should be given two or three 

 times a day ; not omitting to bed him well down, 

 and to hand-rub his legs frequently in the course 

 of the day. Bleeding must never be permitted in 

 this disease, as it would tend to check the progress 

 of the tumified glands in their process towards 

 suppuration, and consequently cause the animal to 

 recover very slowly. If horses have been attacked 

 in the winter season, they seldom come about until 

 they have been some time at grass, in the spring 

 of the year. 



It will be proper to give the horse every third 

 day the drink (No. 61, p. 89); and, on the inter- 

 vening days, a cordial ball. Three or four of the 

 drinks should be given, and more if required ; but 

 the balls may be continued till the tumour becomes 

 softish to the touch, and ready for opening : these 

 will not only very much strengthen his stomach, 

 but increase his appetite, and assist in bringing 

 the swelling to a suppuration in a shorter time. 



