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twice a day. If the animal will not eat tlie powder on the food, put 

 the medicine in a pint of water in a bottle, shake well and give as a 

 drench. After this substitute the following: One dram of iodide of 

 iwtassium, dissolved in a bucketful of drinking water, one hour before 

 each meal. Much benefit is often derived from the effect of a blister 

 over the face. The ordinary fly blister plaster of the drug store mixed 

 with one-third its weight of lard is efi&cient. Sulphur burnt in the 

 stable while the animal is there to inhale its fumes is also a valuable 

 adjunct. Care should be taken that the fumes of the burning sulphur 

 are sufficiently diluted with air, so as not to suffocate the horse. 

 Chloride of lime sprinkled around the stall is good. Also keep a 

 quantity of the chloride under the hay in the manger so that the 

 gases will be inhaled as the horse holds his head over the hay while 

 eating. Keep the nostrils washed; the discharges may be washed 

 away for appearance sake, but squirting solutions up the nose is worse 

 than useless, as they do not come in contact with the diseased part. 



If the nasal gleet is the result of a diseased tooth the tooth must be 

 removed, and the subsequent treatment will be according to indica- 

 tions. The operation of trephining is the best possible way to remove 

 the tooth in such cases, as it immediately oiDens the cavitj^ Avhich can 

 be attended to direct. 



In all those cases of nasal gleet where sinuses contain either collec- 

 tions of pus or tumors, the only relief is by the trephine; and it is a 

 fact that, no matter how thoroughly described, this is an operation 

 that will be very seldom attempted by the non-professional, although 

 the operation is simple and attended in the majority of instances with 

 success. It would therefore be a useless waste of time to give the 

 modus operandi. 



An abscess involving the turbinated bones is similar to the collec- 

 tion of pus in the sinuses, and must be relieved by trephining. 



THICKENING OP THE MEMBRANE. 



This is sometimes denoted by a chronic discharge, a snuffling in the 

 breathing and a contraction of the nostril. It is a result of common 

 cold and requires the same treatment as prescribed for nasal gleet, 

 viz., the sulphate of iron, sulphate of copper, iodide of potassium, etc. 

 The membranes of both sides may be affected, but one side only is 

 the rule; and the affected side may be easily detected by holding the 

 hand tightly over one nostril at a time. When the healthy side is 

 closed in this manner, the breathing through the affected side will 

 demonstrate a decreased caliber or an obstruction. 



NASAL POLYPUS. 



Tumors with narrow bases (somewhat pear-shaped) are occasion- 

 ally found attached to the membrane of the nasal chambers, and are 



