106 DISEASES OF THE HEAD 



Let the animal have an additional quantify of tlie 

 purest air, with an increased supj)ly of clothing, and in 

 cold weather the temperature should be slightly mode- 

 rated. 



His strength must be kept up after the first day or 

 two by drenches of gruel, till mashes will be accepted. 



Nasal Gleet may possibly be occasioned by protracted 

 irritation of diseased molar teeth ; but if persistent, 

 especially of a thin, ichorous, glairj^, or size -like char- 

 acter, the glands under the jaw being swollen and ten- 

 der, the Schneiderian membrane or mucous lining of 

 the nose having a dull, pale, or leaden hue, it should 

 be looked on with suspicion, particularly if confined to 

 one nostril, and more so if the discharge adhere round 

 the rim of it. 



In such cases consult a veterinary surgeon without a 

 moment's delay, and be careful to prevent any part of 

 your own body, or that of any other person, coming in 

 contact with such a discharge. It is very probably in- 

 cipient glanders of the most insidious and dangerous 

 character. 



To more clearly distinguish the dangerous from the 

 harmless gleet, it may be remarked that when the dis- 

 charge is thick and purulent, yellow, and in full flow, 

 and without a disposition to adhere to the nostril, 

 though the most alarming in appearance, it is least to 

 be apprehended, proceeding naturally from a heavy 

 cold in the head, which, however, should of course 

 meet with immediate attention. — {See " Cold, Influ- 

 enza," page 101.) For the prevention of nasal gleet, 



out for the purpose. I can vouch for the efl&cacy of this not very 

 elegant proceeding where expedition is an object, having witnessed 

 it myself. 



