The Ailments of Horses, 59 



condition an effort must be made to 

 ascertain the cause of tiie flux. 



Causes.— Disease of the upper or lower 

 molar teeth ; chronic catarrh (cold) ; 

 inflammation of the mucous membrane 

 lining the nasal and air chambers in con- 

 nexion therewith ; pus in the guttural 

 pouches. In glanders, strangles, influenza, 

 &c., a nasal discharge is common. 



Ulceration of the nasal mucous mem- 

 brane is a sign of glanders, so that care 

 is necessary when examining a horse thus 

 affected, in fact with any nasal discharge. 

 Treatment. — As already stated, an 

 effort ought to be made to ascertain the 

 cause. 



There will be no difficulty in the case 

 of a horse suffering from influenza or 

 strangles. 



Usually the nasal flux ceases when 

 recovery has been completed. 



The same may be said of acute catarrh. 

 Steaming the nostrils with hot water and 

 camphor will do good in the last-named. 



Diseased teeth will require operative 

 interference for their removal. 



It may be needful to open the air- 

 sinuses in order to wash the same out 

 after the discharge has been allowed to 

 escape. 



A bulging of some part of the bone, and 

 a dead sound when the bone is struck, indi- 

 cates an accumulation of matter beneath. 

 The insufflation of iodoform powder 

 daily does good when the discharge arises 

 from prolonged inflammation of the nasal 

 mucous membrane. 



