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The nose should be examined frequently, to detect the first 

 indications of any such evil omens. 



TREATMENT. 



The treatment is as simple as its philosophy is obvious. 

 If the disease has its origin in a stoppage of the lacrymal 

 tubes and the nasal cavities of the head, and the collection 

 in them of that diseased, poisonous fluid which is secreted by 

 their inflamed surfaces, it is reasonable to suppose that, to 

 reopen those tubes, and to draw off that fluid, will give re- 

 lief. Such is really the case ; and if these important opera- 

 tions can be successfully accomplished, there need be little 

 fear in regard to the animal's ultimate recovery. The inflam- 

 matory and other general consequences of the disease may 

 be removed by proper treatment. 



The chief difficulty is to do any thing at all. In many in- 

 stances, the disease makes such rapid headway before it is 

 discovered, that the case is hopeless from the outset. It is 

 very difficult, too, to keep the sufierer still for a sufficient 

 length of time to permit proper treatment. Even when this 

 can be done, the remedy often proves ineffectual, so dread- 

 fully inflamed and swollen have the ducts become, and so 

 great the accumulation of the mattery fluid within / ^m, 

 which the prevailing fever often changes into a thici. and ^ 

 almost solid substance. • /^v 



But to describe the treatment. Bleed the feorse in the 

 neck vein as long as he can bear it. Then give a drench, as 

 follows: A half-pound of Epsom salts in a pint of warm 

 water, to which add a gill of moderately-strong tobacco juice. 

 This will make the animal very sick, and one who uses it for 

 the first time is likely to think the horse is about to die. But, 

 although his eyes become glassy, and he reels, and sometimes 

 falls to the ground, there is much less danger in giving such a 

 mixture to a horse than to a human being. It will not kill him, 

 but affords nearly the only chance for prosecuting the treat- 

 ment to a perfect cure ; for, as soon as it takes effect, he becomes 

 quiet, so that you may handle your patient as you please. 



