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Mayhew, who gives drawings o£ the trocar and its stylet, 

 with the operation of drawing oft the fluid, advises, after 

 the process, carefully boiled oats and beans, and the 

 following night and morning: 



Iodide of iron 1 drachm. 



Strychnine ^ grain. 



Sulphate of zinc . . . . h drachm. 



Extract of gentian and quassia (powdered) sufficient to 

 mix the ball. 



CATARRH — COUGH — COMMON COLD — SORE THROAT. 



Common cold is an inflammation of the mucous membrane 

 lining the nostrils and throat. It may attack the neigh- 

 bouring parts, or be confined to one only. It may be so 

 slight as to ask no treatment, or become so severe as to 

 threaten suffocation. We have already noticed influenza or 

 catarrhal fever. In the simple attack on the Schneiderian 

 membrane, which shows itself by a thin watery secretion 

 from the nose, or perhaps the eyes, we have the first 

 symptoms of common cold. In a few days the lymphatic 

 glands become inflamed, swelled, and tender ; symptomatic 

 fever is present, and the tendency of mucous membrane 

 to form pus without ulceration begins to show itself. 

 Some cough is not unusually present. The discharge 

 thickens, then ceases ; and the horse is over the attack. 



The Treatmnent is very simple. Extra clothing, etc., 

 warmer dwelling, with a mild purgative ball, bran mashes 

 with nitre (six drachms) ; a drink of linseed meal or tea, 

 with an ounce of ipecacuanha wine mixed in should the 

 cough be annoying, will suffice. If there be much fever 

 (A) or (C) Febrifuges (see Horse Medicines). When the 

 discharge is considerable, infuse bran or hay in boiling 

 water, and steam the horse's nostrils with a suspended 

 nosebag. Read's patent Vapour Inhaler is a most con- 

 venient and effective apparatus where available. 



Professor Spooner recommends sulphate of iron, two 

 drachms ; ginger, one drachm ; and gentian, two drachms ; 

 in treacle, as a tonic ball, once a day, when the discharge 

 from the nose in catarrh seems obstinate. 



In Sore Throat, where the region of the gullet and fauces 

 is hot, and the salivary glands swollen and tender, a good 



