STRAInTGLES, or HOESE DISTEMPEE. 845 



beginning of the attack, a greenish yellow matter is discharged 

 from the nostrils. 



Treatment. — The general and local treatment should be very 

 much the same as for cold or catarrh, with the addition of a free 

 use of counter-irritants to the throat, as mustard well rubbed in, 

 or any good stimulating liniment, or even a light liquid blister. 

 Aim to keep up the strength by feeding soft, easily digested food ; 

 bran mashes Avith a little boiled oats in it, carrots, etc., any food 

 that he can eat easily. 



When the bowels are constipated, as is often the case, clysters 

 of soap and water must be freely used. When the cough is se- 

 vere and hacking, the following ball may be given once or twice 

 a day: — 



1 drachm camphor. 



1 drachm powdered opium. 



2 scruples extract belladonna. 



If the horse is threatened with suffocation, the windpipe 

 should be opened, and a tube inserted. (See description of opera- 

 tion under head of Tracheotomy.) 



One of the leading practitioners of the country dicta.ted to the 

 writer the following as his best treatment: — 



Counter irritation of the larynx. The best internal remedy would be, 



2 drachms extract of belladonna, 

 1 ounce chlorate of potass, 



With a sufficient quantity of honey to be made into the form of an elec- 

 tuary, and applied with a spoon to the back of the tongue. Also use one- 

 half ounce doses of chlorate of potass put into a pail of water, and allowed 

 to remain in front of the animal. 



Strangles, or Horsj: Distemper. 



This is another form of sore throat occurring mostly in young 

 horses from two to five years old, and which is familiar to every 

 one. Its design seems to be to throw some poisonous matter from 

 the system, and the object should be to keep tbe strength of the 

 animal up, and hasten suppuration. 



The exciting causes arc similar to catarrh, transition from cold 

 to heat, as from the pasture to the stable, change of stable from 

 the country to the citj. It occurs most commonly in spring, and 

 is usually seen in cold, damp weather, 



