NASAL GLEET. 863 



good food and moderate exercise, sponge the nostrils with tepid 

 water, or steam the head, as described for catarrh, once or twice 

 a day, and administer mineral or vegetable tonics, as 



3 ounces sulphate of copper. 

 1 ounce powdered gentian. 



Make into twelve powders, and give one in the food morning and night ; 

 or, the sulphate of iron in two-drachm doses twice a day. 



The nasal cavities may be injected with a weak solution of 

 sulphate of zinc or of alum ; or of sulphate of copper, about five 

 grains to an ounce of water. When the bone is diseased, and 

 matter collected within the sinuses, it is necessary to trephine the 

 bone. After operating, inject the sinus with tepid water twice or 

 thrice a day, followed by injecting any of the astringents already 

 recommended. The opened sinus sometimes fills up with a fungus 

 growth, which must either be removed by the knife or by means 

 of caustics. 



I include here treatment reported in the Journal of Compar- 

 ative Medicine and Surgei^y for January, 1883, by John Lindsay, 

 D. V. S., of Huntington, Long Island, which has been so effective 

 that I think it worth while to copy his report in full : 



" July 5th, 1881, I was called to examine a horse at Clay Pits, 

 Long Island. This animal was supposed to be suffering from glan- 

 ders. As he was a valuable work horse, the owner did not wish to 

 destroy him without my advice. 



" The horse was a bad case to look at. He was discharging very 

 offensive matter from both nostrils, which had the odor of pus com- 

 ing from a necrosed bone. The horse was much reduced in flesh 

 and very weak. On examination I found him to be suffering from 

 nasal catarrh, and on my stating this to the owner, he wished me 

 to try to cure him. The disease was of three years' standing. At 

 first I thought of trepanning, but having no instrument, I concluded 

 to try injecting the nostrils, knowing from experience that if I could 

 reach the necrosed bones with my solution I could make a cure. 



" Mixing up one ounce of Calvert's crystallized carbolic acid No. 2, 

 to one pint of water, I injected two ounces ; nto each nostril twice 

 daily. After three days of this treatment, there was a marked im- 

 provement, which after this was less pronounced, but there was a 

 gradual and steady change for the better. At the end of two weeks 

 the animal had improved much in general health, and at the end of 

 four months was entirely cured, and there has been no return of 

 the trouble up to date. 



" July 24th, 1882, 1 was called to see a horse suffering from a very 

 offensive discharge from his nostrils of one year's duration. At 



