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membrane lining the nostrils, followed by a slight discharge, at first thin 

 and watery, but soon becoming thicker, yellowish-white, and sometimes 

 profuse. These symptoms are accompanied by slight fever. The bowels 

 are usually constipated. In many cases the throat is more or less sore, 

 and the animal has some cough. 



If the disease be neglected, the glands under the jaw may become in- 

 flamed and swollen, and the throat may become positively sore. 



Fig. 61. 



Treatment. — This is usually a very simple matter if attended to 

 promptly. Eemove the animal to a loose box if possible, give abundance 

 of fresh air, avoiding all draughts; warm clothing, if the weather be cold, 

 and feed with bran mashes, and a moderate amount of good hay, cut, and 

 moistened with water. One-half ounce of sweet spirits of nitre may be 

 given daily, in the water, of which allow plenty. A few days of this 

 treatment will usually effect a cure. Some horses are so particular about 

 the water they drink that the slightest unusual peculiarity will cause them 

 to refuse it. In such cases give the nitre in the mash. 



If, however, the running at the nose be considerable and the cough 

 troublesome, relief may be obtained by steaming the head frequently 

 during the day. This may be done by keeping the head over a pail of 

 hot water, which is stirred with a whisp of hay or straw; or, a more 

 thorough method is to make a bag of some coarse material (an old grain 

 bag will answer), half or twice as long again and of the same proportion- 

 ate width as the ordinary nose-bag, with a broad strap to buckle over 

 the horse's head. (Fig. 61.) Into this bag pour half a peck of 

 sawdust or chopped hay, and upon this a gallon of boiling water, 



