30 MANUAL C? MODEri:s' FARRIERY. 



In applying the above, it should be done with a small bit 

 of sponge or rag tied to the end of a piece of stick, as it will 

 blacken the skin of the operator if touched by it, although 

 immediately washed off, and the stain will continue until the 

 surface of the skin is worn away. 



In cases where severe salivation ensues from the use of 

 corrosive sublimate, (which is, in fact, a preparation of mer- 

 cury,) which not unfrequently happens with horses of a deli- 

 cate constitution, the following purgative should be given : — 

 Epsom or Rochelle salts . 7 ounces. 

 Sulphur . . -2^ ounces ; 



mixed with liquorice powder and treacle, and formed into a 

 ball, to be repeated for two or three days. 



When farcy is attended with very great swelling, recourse 

 must be had to bleeding, as well as to purgatives ; the limbs 

 must be subjected to frequent fomentations with water, made 

 as hot as the animal can bear it ; to be applied by soaking 

 cloth in it, and wrapping it round the limbs. 



NASAL GLEET. 



Symptoms. — This is a constant discharge of a thickish fluid 

 from the nostrils ; proceeding from the mucous membrane, 

 wliich lines the internal cavity of the nose. 



This disease is frequently brought on by the effects of a 

 long-continued discharge from catarrh or cold. It is un- 

 attended with any feverish symptoms. The flow of tliis 

 thick mucous gleet is often very considerable, and variable 

 in colour. "When the horse is living upon green food, the 

 discharge is of a bright grass-green colour ; but if his diet 

 consists of dry food, and he is kept in the stable, then it 

 assumes a very different hue ; varying from cream-white to 

 brown, or straw-colour, and mixed with pus in some instances 



