54 THE COMPLETE FARRIER, 



gris in till nearly cold, and keep stirring all the time till 

 cold, or the Verdigris will fall to the bottom. This is one 

 of the best salves for wounds that has been found out, and 

 especially for old ones. 



The Bastard Strangles requires the same kind of treatment, 

 but it is proper to give the horse some calomel physic also. 



The Glanders. 



This disease has baffled all who have tried to cure it, and 

 probably will do so to the end of time ; so I advise those 

 who may have a glandered horse, to put him off as soon as 

 they shall be certain that he is so. People often mistake 

 other disorders for the Glanders. A violent cold sometimes 

 causes a running at the nostrils, and kernels under the jaws, 

 when the horse is free from the Glanders. Sometimes a run- 

 ning at the nostrils is caused by laying too much weight oa 

 a horse. I do not pretend to cure Glanders. 



St.mptoms. — The matter discharged from the nostrils of a 

 glandered horse is either white, yellow, greenish, or streaked 

 or tinged with blood. When the disease has been of long 

 standing, and the bones are fouled, the matter turns blackish 

 and becomes very bad. The Glanders is always attended 

 ^vith a swelling of the kernels, or glands under the jaws, but 

 in every other respect the horse is generally healthy and 

 sound, till the disorder has continued some time, and the 

 morbid matter has affected other parts. If a thin, limpid 

 fluid be first discharged, and afterwards a whitish matter— 

 if the gland under the jaw do not continue to swell, and 

 the disorder shall have been recently contracted, a speedy 

 cure may be effected by applying the following • 



1 ounce of Roach Alum. 



1 ounce of White Vitriol. 

 Powder these well, put them into a pint of warm vinegar, 

 and syringe about an ounce up his nostrils every day. This 

 may do good if the disorder be newly caught. 



Swellings and Imposthumes. 



When a swelling is in its first stage, bathe it well with 

 verjuice or vinegar, with a little saltpetre dissolved in it ; 

 and if the swell still continue, mix 



1 ounce of Extract of Lead. 

 1 ounce of Spirits of Wine. 

 1 ounce of Spirits of Sal Ammoniac. 

 3 ounces of Vinegar. 

 Rub the swelling well with it ; but if it be very hot, add 



