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persevered in till that point is discovered at which such exercise la 

 recuperative rather than exhaustive, and then maintained. 



It may be well, before proceeding farther, to caution the reader against 

 the advice of quacks, and point out what not to do. This may be 

 iummed up in the one single injunction, do nothing cruel. All such prac- 

 tices as slitting the nose, scraping the cartilage, searing the glands, tiring 

 the frontal and nasal bones, and injecting mustard, capsicum, vitriol, and 

 corrosive sublimate up the nostrils, are but the hurtful devices of ignor- 

 ance combined with brutality. 



If the disease is in its tirst stage when the horse is taken in hand for 

 the purpose of employing remedial agencies, place him in a good, dry 

 and airy stable, if in Summer, or in an open pasture where most of his 

 food may be obtained by himself, observing the precautions already laid 

 down. If in Winter, he should still have the drj^ stable, not too close, 

 and supplied with clean litter, and care should be taken to guard liim 

 against severe cold and exposure to any sudden change. The matter of 

 food may be regulated by this : it niust be nutritious without being 

 inflammatory ; and the condition of the animal as to previous treatment 

 and present condition of flesh must regulate the quantity, as also to some 

 extent the quality. Then prepare and administer the following medicine : 



No. 30. 1 Drachm powdered sulphate of camphor, 



4 Fluid drachms Fowler's solution of arsenic. 



Mix with linseed meal and syrup to form a ball, and give one of lik* 

 quantity each day for three days ; then omit a day ; then give the balls 

 for three days again, and so on till a change for the better is perceptible 

 or its failure is manifest. Meanwhile, swab out the nose every day with 

 a solution of pyroligenous acid — using warm water, (as warm as the 

 horse can well bear), and putting in sufficient of the acid at first to make 

 the solution of medium strength. It should be a little increased from 

 day to day ; but care must be taken not to make it too strong, as violent 

 acid injections or swabbing solutions are calculated to do harm rather 

 than good. A good mop for this purpose may be made hy attaching soft 

 rags, (old cotton cloth is best), to a light stick, two feet in length — so 

 arranging the cloth as to have it project beyond the end of the stick to 

 be inserted, to prevent any roughness that might abrade or scratcli the 

 membrane, and fastening very securely, to prevent its slipping off. 



If this treatment is found not to be efficacious, or if the disease hji« 

 already developed into the second stage — the discharge more mucous, 

 fetickj, and stringy, with glands swollen and the membrane of the nose 

 of a dark purple or leaden color — adopt the following treatment, and 

 •arry it out energetically and persistently : 



