102 THE IMPROVED ART OF FARRIERY. 



ration. In the other form, the animal wants some- 

 thing to restore a dehihtated system; and, consequently, 

 he ought to have such things as improve the condition 

 rather than weaken it. Care should be taken to keep 

 them warm. Poultices were once in very common use, to 

 mature the tumour ; from the thickness of the horse's 

 skin, these effected little, and they are now not so ge- 

 neral. A blister will hasten the progress of the tu- 

 mours, and consequently ease the animal of pain 

 sooner than allowing a head to form naturally ; when 

 a thick, whiter, and more healthy pus is discharged 

 from the swelling when the part is open, it should be 

 carefully washed, and a little Friar's Balsam applied to 

 the sore will be efficacious. Blaine says, that he has 

 used the following ointment, and found it very ex- 

 cellent in " stimulating to the formation of pus" — 



" Venice Turpentine, and Blistering Ointment, of 

 each an equal quantity." 



As the disease progresses toward a cure, a mild dose 

 of medicine may be properly used. The appetite will 

 be found to increase as the abscess begins to heal : 

 when these are obstinate, and the nasal discharge con- 

 tinues, tonics must be administered, and great care taken 

 to feed and clothe properly, as then is the time to ap- 

 prehend its termination in Glanders. Horses are not 

 subject to the Strangles more than once, although 

 Cc.ses do occur in which the milder form attacks them. 

 This disease appears to be the same with the vives of 

 the old farriers, which term they likewise employed to 

 denominate all disease which they referred as origi- 

 nating in the same. 



