Treatment of Catarrhs 103 



throat, wrap it well in a large poultice containing some mus- 

 tard. When the earlier symptoms yield, the principal object 

 becomes to build up the strength and improve the appetite. 

 For this we can use 



No. 39. Carbonate of ammonia, 



Gentian, of each, 2 oz. 



Make into 8 balls with linseed meal, and give one night and morning. 



Mr. Finlay Dun finds the following a useful draught when 

 a horse has cold, fever, and impaired appetite : — 



No. 40. Epsom salts. 2 oz. 



Nitre, 



Powdered gentian, 



Solution of acetate of ammonia, each, 1 oz. 

 Mix in a pint of gruel. 



Another valuable mixture, where there are catarrhal symp- 

 toms and sore throat, is : — 



No. 41. Nitre, 4 drachms. 



Powdered camphor, 2 drachms. 



Ipecacuanha, j 



Extract of belladonna, each, 1 drachm. 



Make into a ball, and give one every two hours, 



Prof. Gamgee recommends the "abortive treatment" in 

 commencing catarrh, by injecting the nostrils daily for three 

 or four days with the following : — 



No. 42. Sulphate of zinc, 2 drachms, 



Tepid water, 4 pints. 



For a nasal injection. 



The same may be used with advantage in the chronic forms 

 of nasal gleet. 



ITASAL GLEET. 



Definition. — A low form of chronic inflammation affecting 

 the lining membrane of one or both nostrils, and usually ex- 

 tending into the pouches or sinuses in the upper jaw-bone 

 which connect with them. 



Canses. — The gleet may be the result of a neglected 

 catarrh, especially in scrofulous horses; or the consequence 



