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CYCLOPEDIA OF LIVE STOCK AND COMPLETE STOCK DOCTOR, 



LYMPHATIC GLAND OF THROAT 

 SWOLLEN. 



-The enlarged lynsphatic within the jaw. 



odor. In l)ad cases, there is considerable fever, loss of appetite, and 



redness of the eyes. If neglected, and 

 nature is not vigorous enough to throw 

 it off, it becomes chronic, and is known 

 as nasal gleet. Sometimes the lym- 

 phatic gland, under the lower jaw, en' 

 largcs. 



What to do. — Remove the cause ; if 

 exposed to cold storms, shelter the ani- 

 mal, put on a blanket if necessary, feed 

 on soft feed, give a teaspoonful of saltpetre in a bran mash night and 

 morning. If that does not perform the work satisfactorily, give the 

 fever mixture, No. 4. If there is much fever and loss of appetite, give 

 No. 18. In all bad cases, give rest till the horse is better. If the at- 

 tack is prolonged to a week or more, during convalesence, give the tonic 

 No. 22, and syringe the nostrils out, two or three times a day, v/ith tlie 

 following lotion : 



No. 39. 2 Drachms carbolic acid. 



1 Pint of water, 

 IMix. 



Apply the blister No. 41 to the throat, letting it 

 go well up towards the ears. If the skin is not 

 mildly blistered with one application , repeat it after 

 twenty-four hours ; then grease it once a day with 

 fresh lard. When the discharge does not come 

 freely, it can be helped by steaming the head in a 

 bag of hot bran. 

 IV. Nasal Gleet. 

 This is the name 

 given to chronic ca- 

 tarrh, and is always 

 complicated by exten- 

 sion of the disease to 

 sinuses of the 



head, often causing the bone over the one affected to bulge out, as if 

 swollen. 



Causes. — Neglected or obstinate catarrh, that will not yield to treat- 

 ment with an ordinary amount of perseverance, are the only causes. The 

 sinuses of the head are all in communication with each other by tubes 

 and passages. When inflammation extends to them, the swelling of the 

 mucous membrg^ue closes these passages, and confines the pus with suffi« 



NOSE 15A(;. 

 For steaming horse with cold. \\^Q 



A HORSE WITH THE THROAT 

 BLISTERED. 



