214 Management and Treatment of the Horse. 



Cooling medicine will be found of great benefit 

 in this complaint, and two or three doses of the 

 following will be found very beneficial: — 



Mtre 1 ounce. 



Tartar emetic 2 drachms. 



If there is no fever, the animal will soon manifest 

 a desire to eat, and his food should chiefly be 

 oatmeal gruel, bran mashes, and green food if it 

 can be obtained. Should these not keep the 

 bowels sufficiently open, which is of great con- 

 sequence in this complaint, then the above laxa- 

 tive must be given, which will have the effect of 

 preventing eruptions, which often occur after 

 this complaint, and nothing more will be required 

 if it operates freely. If, however, the complaint 

 is followed by weakness, it will be necessary to 

 have recourse to tonic medicine, which should . 

 be repeated daily, until the horse has recovered 

 strength. The following is a beautiful tonic : — 



Quinine , 20 grains. 



Gentian 2 drachms. 



Calomel 2 ,, 



Ginger 2 ,, 



This should be made into a ball and given every 

 day. In bad cases of strangles, the parotid 

 gland will swell to a great size, and even become 

 ulcerated, and in other cases an accumulation of 

 fluid will take place from the swelling of the 

 duct, and cause the vessel to burst ; in this event 

 a fistulous ulcer will follow, which will be found 

 very difficult to eradicate. In such a case it 



