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matter. In this favourable cafe, nothing more 

 is neceffary than to clothe the head well, 

 anoint the abfcefs twice a day with an emol- 

 lient ointment, and perhaps to enlarge the 

 orifice, in a fmall degree, when the matter firft: 

 appears, and to heal afterwards with campho- 

 rated fpirits. In the interim, the horfe's diet 

 fliould be foft and warm, with warm water, or 

 white water, plenty of gruel, and the falts as 

 occafion may demand. 



Should the diforder arife upward among the 

 glands, and divide itfelf into feveral tumours, 

 which maturate at different periods, the pro- 

 grefs and cure may be tedious : but when the 

 abfcefs is formed above, nearly about the head 

 of the windpipe, there is a degree of danger, 

 fmce it may prevent a horfe from fwallowing 

 for feveral days ; and if fuppuration be long 

 delayed, a fuffocation may enfue. In this fitu- 

 ation the eyes will be fixed, and the noftrils 

 dilated, as in -convulfion. Running at the nofe 

 is looked upon as an unfavourable fympto'm. 

 Sometimes the fwelling arifes on the infide of 

 the jaw-bone, when it is a confiderable time in 

 coming to maturity ; and the difcharge mufh 

 be evacuated by the mouth. 



When it is neceffary to promote fuppuration 

 by art, unguents and warm fomentations, ufed 

 three or four times a day, are preferable to 

 poultices in this refped, that the latter are apt 



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