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Of useful liniments we give the following : — 



Ko. 197. Oil of turpentine, 

 Laudanum, 



Soap liniment, each 1 oz. 



Tincture of capsicum, 1 drachm. 



This is a soothing and stimulating embrocation. 



No. 198. Solution of ammonia, 

 Spirits of camphor, 

 Olive oil, equal parts. 



Petroleum or kerosene, well rubbed in, is both often of 

 great service, and some recommend giving kerosene by the 

 mouth, in doses of two or three tablespoonfuls in a pint of 

 gruel. 



Que of the best of local applications in the form of an oint- 

 ment is the oleate of mercury, made by heating oleic acid 

 with red precipitate. It is remarkably j^enetrating, and not 

 at all likely to salivate. 



STRANGLES— COLT DISTEMPER. 



Definition. — A disease of the system, accompanied by fever, 

 generally attacking young horses, associated with swelling 

 of the glands beneath the jaw, and sometimes elsewhere, 

 with a tendency to suppuration. It has been called by Mr. 

 George Armitage "specific adenitis.' 



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Causes. — The cause of strangles is not known. Veterin- 

 arians are not even agreed as to whether it is contagious or 

 not ; nor as to whether a horse can have it twice or not. 

 The best authorities incline to the opinion that it is not con- 

 tagious, and that some horses are liable to have it several 

 times. Though generally appearing in horses from a few 

 months to six years old, it is not confined to any age. It 

 has at times been considered an epizootic influenza, but it dif- 

 fers essentially from the disease we described as such oa 

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