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or three days ; after which, a little Friar's balsam, or 

 tincture of aloes, is to be daily squirted into the sore. 

 Should the abscess burst of itself, enlarge the open- 

 ing. When the abscess bursts inwardly, still pror 

 mote the discharge from the nostrils with the tobra 

 of hot mash, feeding on green food and mashes. If 

 the abscess forms in any other part, instead of under 

 ' the channel, treat the same. After the strangles are 

 over, a mild dose of physic is always requisite, fol- 

 lowed by the " BEER Toxic," p. 109.* 



SWELLING OP THE GLANDS UNDER THE JAW. 



After five years old, a tumour sometimes forms in 

 the centre of the channel under the jaw, without be- 

 ing accompanied by fever. A warm poultice should 

 be applied till it becomes ripe, when it is to be open- 

 ed, as before mentioned, with a lancet, and healed 

 with the Friar's balsam. 



A large hard swelling occasionally remains in the 

 middle of the channel, the effect of strangles, cold, 

 &c. Blister it, and if not lessened after a month, 

 repeat the blister, or rub in the discutient lotion. If 

 the glands below the ears remain hardened, treat 

 them the same. 



* The treatment here recommended is judicious, but the best plan of 

 steaming the head is putting some hay into a bucket, pouring boiling water 

 over it, placing the bucket under the horse's nose, and covering up the horse's 

 head \vith one end of a blanket or cumbly, and the other end hanging down 

 and enclosing the bucket. ED. 



