ig4 LIGHT HORSES: BREEDS AND MANAGEMENT. 



water vapour should be inhaled as in the treatment of catarrh, 

 a little carbolic acid or oil of turpentine being added to the 

 water. At the same time, the white liniment recommended 

 for sore throat in catarrh should be applied to the upper part 

 of the throat and beneath the jaws where the swelling takes 

 place. Sometimes, when the swelling is very extensive and 

 dense, it is well to apply a hot linseed meal and bran poultice 

 to it, or to blister it with cantharides ointment. 



The abscess may be opened when it is fully formed, which 

 is ascertained by its " pointing " and feeling very soft at a 

 certain part, or left to open spontaneously, which is the better 

 course unless the amateur is sufficiently skilled in using a 

 lancet. When it is opened the wound should be kept very 

 clean by washing with warm water and a sponge, and dressed 

 with a solution of carbolic acid one to fifty of water. 



If the fever has been high or the abscesses large, there is 

 often a good deal of debility supervening, and this must be 

 combated by a generous diet, such as scalded oats and boiled 

 linseed to which some salt has been added. If there is very 

 much prostration and the digestion is impaired, it may be 

 necessary to give a pint of milk two or three times a day ; 

 to this a teaspoonful of carbonate of soda should be added. 

 Sometimes it has been found advantageous to give one or two 

 eggs beaten up in milk in the course of the day, or a pint or 

 quart of stout or porter, morning and evening. 



In the irregular form of strangles the same system of 

 nursing should be carried out, and the abscesses opened 

 wherever they appear. Sulphite or salicylate of sodium may 

 be given in half-ounce doses in water twice a day. 



A stable or loose box which has been occupied by a horse 

 affected with strangles should not again be used until it has 

 been thoroughly cleansed and disinfected. 



Influenza. 



This is undoubtedly an infectious fever, which appears in 

 a very extensive manner over forge tracts of country, the 



