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to the jaw bone, whether the matter discharged from 

 the nose be purulent or gluey, it matters not; no time 

 should be lost before using the following remedies, which 

 are worth a good horse to any one having much to do 

 with horses, for its reliability in preventing and curing 

 this disease. 



Cure. — First, let the horse inhale the fumes or steam 

 of saltpetre dissolved in vinegar, poured on a hot stone 

 under his nose, for a few minutes each day, for a week, 

 each day after this has been done, anoint the septum of 

 the nose well up in both nostrils, with the following, 

 by means of a piece of sponge fastened to a whalebone 

 or splinter: Take one drachm of kreosote, one ounce of 

 lard, and triturate them together, when it is fit for use. 

 For a few days after this use mullen oil in the nose, as 

 above; and if the glands are much enlarged, or cleave 

 to either jawbone instead of hanging loose between 

 them, as they do in health, rub them also, and the jaw 

 about where they cleave, with frog's oil. This changes 

 the action of the mucus membranes, and consequently 

 changes the matter sent forth, restoring the parts to health. 

 Reader, do not suppose that this is all there is of this 

 disease, nor all that can be said of it here, for I have 

 only given you the treatment to be observed in the first 

 stages thereof. But go with me a little further and see 

 what it may lead to. Sooner or later, according to the 

 condition and constitution of the animal, this poisonous 

 matter, arising from the foregoing causes, after tainting 

 the above named organs, is taken up, and, by the activity 

 of the absorbents, is thrown into the circulation of the 

 blood, and then diffused over every part of the system 



