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good food and moderate exercise, sponge the nostrils with tepid 

 water, or steam the head, as described for catarrh, once or twice 

 a day, and administer mineral or vegetable tonics, as — 



3 ounces sulphate of coppei-. 

 1 ounce powdered gentian. 



Make into twelve powders, and give one in the food morning and night ; 

 or, the sulphate of iron in two-drachm doses twice a day. 



The nasal cavities may be injected with a weak solution of 

 sulphate of zmc or of alum ; or of sulphate of copper, about five 

 grains to an ounce of water. When the bone is diseased, and 

 matter collected within the sinuses, it is necessary to trephine the 

 bone. After operating, inject the sinus with tepid water twice or 

 thrice a day, followed by injecting any of the astringents alreadv 

 recommended. The opened sinus sometimes fills up with a fungus 

 growth, which must either be removed by the knife or by means 

 of caustics. 



I include here treatment reported in the Journal of Compar- 

 ative Medicine and Surgery for January, 1883, by John Lindsay, 

 D. V. S., of Huntington, Long Island, which has been so effective 

 that I think it worth while to copy his report in full : 



"July 5th, 1881, I was called to examine a horse at Clay Pits 

 Long Island. This animal was supposed to bo suffering from o-lan- 

 ders. As he was a valuable work horse, the owner did not Avish to 

 destroy him without my advice. 



" The horse was a bad case to look at. He was discharging verv 

 offensive matter from both nostrils, which had the odor of pus coni- 

 mg from a necrosed bone. The horse was much reduced in flesh 

 and very Aveak. On examination I found him to be suffering from 

 nasal catarrh, and on my stating this to the owner, he Avished me 

 to try to cure him. The disease was of three years' standing. At 

 tirst 1 thought of trepanning, but having no instrument, I concluded 

 to try injecting the nostrils, knowing from experience that if I could 

 reacii the necrosed bones Avith my solution I could make a cure 



" Mixing up one ounce of Calvert's crystallized carbolic acid No 2 

 to one pint of Avater, I injected Iavo ounces mto each nostril twice 

 daily. After three days of this treatment, there was a marked im- 

 provement, Avhich after this Avas less pronounced, but there Avas a 

 gradual and steady change for the better. At the end of tAvo weeks 

 Ihe animal had improved much in general health, and at the end of 

 lour months Avas entirely cured, and there has been no return of 

 the trouble up to date. 



" July 24th, 1882, 1 was called to see a horse suffering from a very 

 offensive discharge from his nostrils of one year's duration. At 



