THERAPEUTIC TIIEATMENT. 



Recovery arw^^i^endment under the Use of Stavesacre. 



Case I. — June 1813. J^^^yi%-se, five years old, in good condition and 

 of apparently sound constitutiOT\ having the submaxillary lymphatic glands 

 upon jtjoth sides enlarged, with two ki)all ulcers and one large and spreading, 

 within ^ near' nostril; n^ne visible" Vi thin the ofF. He took stavesacre 

 seeds, in dos-es of ^jj, dail^; augmented to ^four times a-day, for thirty-one 

 days, and was then discharged, appacfently fre'^>|rom disease. 



Case II. — June 1813. A black h^se, fourteeffor sixteen years old, has his 

 submaxillary lymphatic glands swollfn on both sid§| ; one large and very foul 

 ulceration, and three small jalcers, ns&le upon the n^r side of the septum nasi; 

 also some ulcerations high u^pw and consequently |ess distinct, upon the off 

 side. Not a great deal of disi^,rge from the liose, and no farcy. Took 

 stavesacre seeds, commencing wittj hiif-oun.G€' doses and ending with ounce 

 doses, repeated four times a-day. WaSfta^en away on the seventeenth day of 

 his treatment, by hisowner, inconsequencaof the disease having disappeared 

 from the off side of the nose, and being in an evident state of amendment 

 upon the near side, and the glanAilar^Margement^ under the jaw having sub- 

 sided into a state of general Jbickenypg, such as is left after the repeated 

 application of blisters. 



Case III. — July 1813. A black horse, rather low in condition, but in ap- 

 parent health, excepting that he had enlargement of his off submaxillary 

 lymphatic gland, and had four superficial ulcers, about the size of peas, 

 visible upon the same side of the septum^ high up, commenced with taking 

 an ounce of the seeds of stavesacre three times a-day, and continued the me- 

 dicine for twenty-four days, latterly taking two ounces morning and evening. 

 The disease, during the second week and part of the third week, seemed dimi- 

 nishing and leaving him : it relapsed, however, and became more virulent 

 than before. 



Recovery under the Use of Balsam of Copaiba. 



Case I. — May 1826. A bay mare that had a copious defluxion from the 

 off nostril, with a swelling of the submaxillary gland of the same side, nowise 

 interfering with her general health, took Cayenne pepper for nine days, 

 and left the infirmary "cured." In the October following she returned 

 with the same kind of discharge, but now from the near nostril, and accom- 

 panied by fetor and swelling of the glands of the same side. On this occa- 

 sion had administered to her half-ounce doses of the copaiba balsam, made 

 into balls withy«n««, thrice a-day. On the ninth day from commencing the 

 balsam her discharge had ceased, and with it had gradually subsided the sub- 

 maxillary tumefaction. On the fourteenth day she left the infirmary, " cured." 



Case II. — August 1826. A bay horse, low in condition, was admitted for 

 " catarrh," for which, along with other treatment, he had been rowelled under 

 the jaw. So long •a:> the rowel continued in full action the dis^chargc from the 



