100 THE MODERN HORSE DOCTOR. 



Mix ; divide into three powders, and give one in the food, three 

 times, daily. The nasal passages may be kept partially free from 

 accumulations, by blowing into them, from a quill, a portion of 

 the following catarrh snuff: — 



Powdered bayberry bark, ^ 



" bloodroot, > equal parts. 



" lobelia, ) 



Catarrh, occurring in any description of live stock, may be 

 treated on the general principles here alluded to. As regards 

 the proper doses of medicine to be given to animals differing in 

 age, sex, or kind, very little need be said ; for the agents are san- 

 ative, and a small quantity in addition, or less than the doses here 

 prescribed, as the case may be, is of no material consequence. 

 Aid the vital powers ; use agents favorable to physiological ac- 

 tion ; administer such in small doses, and often ; practise good 

 nursing ; and disease will, in most cases, terminate favorably. 



NASAL GLEET. 



Nasal gleet is considered a chronic affection of the Schneiderian 

 surfaces. The discharge consists of a thick, yellow mucus, and if 

 the animal be at grass, it assumes a green color. At times it 

 becomes purulent, tinged with blood, and if not arrested at this 

 stage, it may finally end in ulceration of the cartilages of the 

 nose : we then have a case of glanders. In the early stage of 

 this complaint, we often have enlargement of the superficial 

 glands under the jaw, and this has led many who do not under- 

 stand the nature of the case to pronounce the subject glandered. 

 The discharge is neither persistent nor uniform; for in fine 

 weather it sometimes subsides for several days at a time, and 

 returns after a wet day, if the animal is exposed to the rain or 

 cold ; also increasing and decreasing with the fluctuations of 

 the weather. 



In cases where the discharge confines itself to the left nostril, 

 becomes tenacious, elastic, and accumulates around the edges of 

 the nasal cavities, and is accompanied by enlargement of the 

 lymphatic submaxillary gland on this side, with a drooping of 

 the ear, we may be prepared for the worst ; for ten chances to 

 one if it does not terminate in glanders. 



