80 INFLAMMATION OF THE PAPS. 



approximation will be oftenest affected. It is very 

 rarely indeed that the horse has cold without the 

 lymphatic glands in the channel being implicated. If 

 these last are neither very large nor very tender, it 

 will be best to let them alone. The swelling will 

 subside when the cold or fever is removed. Should 

 they, however, attain a considerable size, and remain 

 under the name of 



V1VES, 



the embrocation (Recipe, No. 22, p. 77) may be as 

 well rubbed in. 



These indurated glands will generally be dispersed 

 by the application of an embrocation like that recom- 

 mended; if, however, it should fail, a little of the 

 following ointment should be rubbed in daily. 



RECIPE (No. 25). 



Iodide of potassium, one drachm ; 

 Lard, one ounce. 



In obstinate cases, the application may be assisted 

 by the administration of a drachm of the iodide of 

 potassium given every day in a ball. 



BARBS OR PAPS. 



The submaxillary glands, by two small teat-like 

 bodies, open into the mouth, on either side of the 

 bridle of the tongue. When there is much inflamma- 

 tion of the glands, the terminations to the ducts 

 enlarge; and their increased size may cause them to 

 be slightly excoriated, and to appear like diminutive 

 swellings. 



