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DISEASES AND THEIR TREATMENT. 



'may be applied around the chest and throat and bandaged, 

 as shown in the cut. The object is to stimulate the surface, 

 and this would be an easy, practical way of doing it. 



STKANGLES OR DISTEMPER. 



Severe attack of Distemper. 



This is another form of sore-throat, familiar to every one. 

 Its design seems to be to throw some poisonous matter frorr 

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

 of the animal up and hasten suppuration. 



The horse is out of sorts; the 

 neck becomes sore and stiff; an 

 enlargement appears which is first 

 hard and tender; there is some 

 discharge from the nose. The case 

 usually grows worse, if very severe, 

 often threatening to cause suffoca- 

 tion ; horse unable to eat or drink 

 but little, and strength is lost 

 rapidly. 



Use freely a poultice made of wheat bran and warm 

 vinegar, changing as often as the 

 poultice becomes dry, using the 

 eight-tailed bandage, until the 

 enlargement becomes soft and can 

 be opened, when relief will be 

 prompt. Or the following treat- 

 ment may be adopted, which is 

 similar, and if the alteration is 

 not good, is preferable: Take 

 spirits of turpentine, two parts; 

 spirits of camphor, one part; 

 laudanum, one part. Put this on the neck with a brush, if 

 convenient, or any way to apply it 

 without exciting pain, three or four 

 times a day until soreness is caused. 

 After each application have ready 

 three or four pieces of flannel, 

 which should be a good thick 

 article; put these over the parts 



and bind on with the eight-tailed bandage. When the 

 tumor points, open it, and be sure that the matter has a 



Applying an Eight-Tailed Bandage 

 in Distemper. 



Eight-Tailed Bandage. 



