174 TREATMENT OF DISEASES. 



always a nasty discharge from both nostrils, with a 

 chocking kind of cough. When the abscess forms 

 and bursts inwardly, it is called bastard strangles 

 though other forms of the complaint, and when it 

 hangs long upon the horse, also come under that 

 name. Sometimes during the strangle-fever and ab- 

 scess, or, perhaps two, will form, not under the chan- 

 nel, but in some part of the body, such as the thigh, 

 groin, &c. : this, fortunately, rarely occurs, as it ren- 

 ders the complaint very puzzling. True strangles, 

 from mismanagement, may run 'into bastard strangles, 

 and that into glanders ; but bastard strangles has 

 never the good luck to run into true strangles. 



Treatment. The strangle-fever, either with or 

 without a cold, is to be treated the same as under 

 " COLD," feeding on warm bran mashes, green food, 

 sliced carrots, &c. ; and if there is sore-throat, the 

 same as under " SORE THROAT." The true strangles 

 is to be treated the same ; but as the bleeding delays 

 the abscess forming, he is not to be bled, unless the 

 ears and legs remain cold, which shows that the 

 lungs are becoming slightly affected. A tobra (not 

 the one he eats out of) should be kept constantly 

 half full of bran mash, and hot water poured on it 

 every hour : the head being held over ; this will pro- 

 mote the discharge from the nostrils, and be of great 

 benefit ; but if the breathing is difficult, this cannot 

 be borne. Immediately the abscess begins to form, 

 the liquid blister is to be rubbed over it, and when 

 soft and pointing, opened with a lancet ; but the mat- 

 ter is only to be very gently pressed, never forcibly 

 squeezed, out. A poultice, kept continually warm, 

 is then to be applied over the whole channel for two 



