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threatens to suflfocate the animal — and thence, proba- 

 bly, the name of the disease. 



The tumor is under the jaw, and about the centre 

 of the channel. 



Treatment. — As soon as the tumor of strangles is de- 

 cidedly apparent, the part should be actively blistered. 

 A blister will not only secure the completion of the pro- 

 cess, but hasten it by many days, and save the patient 

 much pain and exhaustion. As soon as the swelling is 

 soft on its summit, and evidently contains matter, it 

 shoule be freely and deeply lanced. 



If there is much fever, it will be proper to bleed. In 

 the majority of cases, however, bleeding will not only 

 be unnecessary, but injurious. 



Bran-mashes, or fresh-cut grass or tares, should be 

 liberally supplied, which will not only afford sufficient 

 nourishment to recruit the strength of the animal, but 

 keep the bowels gently open. 



CATARRH, OR COLD. 



Catarrh, or Cold, is attended by a slight defluxion 

 from the nose — now and then, a slighter weeping from 

 the eyes, and some increased labor of breathing, on ac- 

 count of the uneasiness which the animal experiences 

 from the passage of the air over the naturally sensitive, 

 and now more than usually irritable surface, and from 

 the air-passage being diminished by a thickening of the 

 membrane. 



In the majority of cases, a few warm mashes, warm 

 clothing, and a warm stable — a fever-ball or two, with 

 a drachm of aloes in each, and a little antimony in the 

 ovening will set all right. 



CHRONIC COUGH. 



It is sometimes connected with worms. There is 

 much sympathy between the lungs and the intestines, 



