2o8 Management and Treatment of the Horse. 



of the operator if touched with it. It should be 

 washed off immediately, as the skin will continue 

 black until it is worn away. In cases where 

 severe salivation ensues from the use of corrosive 

 sublimate (which is in fact a preparation of 

 mercury), which not unfrequently happens with 

 horses of delicate constitution, the following 

 purgative should be given : — 



Rochelle salts 7 ounces. 



Sulphur 1\ ounces. 



mixed with liquorice powder and treacle, and 

 formed into a ball, to be repeated for two or 

 three days. If the limbs are much swollen, the 

 carbonate of potass may be given every time the 

 animal drinks. Warm fomentations should be 

 constantly applied to the limbs with cloths, as 

 hot as the animal can bear it, or flannel bandages, 

 put on and kept constantly wet with hot water, 

 as hot as a man can bear his hand in. After 

 all treatment, even the most successful kind, I 

 doubt if it is entirely got out of the system, as 

 all animals, having once had farcy, are liable to a 

 return of it at any time. 



NASAL GLEET. 



This is another disease that has sometimes been- 

 mistaken for glanders, but it is quite distinct 

 from it in its affecting both nostrils, and also 

 being a discharge of clear pus. There is a con- 

 stant discharge of a thickish fluid from the 

 nostrils, proceeding from the mucous membrane 

 which lines the nostrils in the internal cavity. 



