THE HORSE, DISEASES OF THE NASAL GLANDS, ETC. ^7 



*ome off ; the general appearance filthy and loathsome — the following 

 Kevere treatment should be adopted and perseveringly carried out : 



In the first place, observe all the precautions as to diet and the state of 

 the bowels previously recommended, being careful to guard against 

 extensive purging, for tliis will tend rather to reduce the disease to a 

 lower stage, and to retard recovery. 



Bleed at once, taking from two to four quarts of blood from the neck 

 Tein, according as the body is more or less inflamed. 



Take &, gill of very strong solution of tobacco and pour it into » pint 

 of warm water, and drench with it. Repeat this dose every third day 

 until a change for the better has evidently taken place. If the feverish 

 state continues he should be bled again, taking a like quantity as at first, 

 within a week or ten days. The practice of bleeding, as insisted upon 

 })y some veterinarians, cannot be recommended ; but there are cases iia 

 which it may be employed with the greatest advantage. In farcy, it 

 cannot be said to remove the poison to any great extent, though it does 

 in some measure have this effect ; but the vitiated condition of the fluid 

 5eems to render it turgid and slow, and to produce an unnatural disten- 

 ision of the veins and capillaries, which bleeding partially relieves — . 

 possibly by both diminishing the quantity a little and by a reaction which 

 follows the shock given to the organs of circulation by the act of blood" 

 letting. 



The tobacco drench is a powerful medicine in counteracting the poison 

 in the system ; and while the dose recommended will make the horse very 

 sick, from its well-known nauseating properties, its effects are not to be 

 feared. 



On those days which intervene between the doses of tobacco tea, the 

 tonic powder. No. 32, may be given as directed for the milder stage of 

 farcy, omitting the rosin. 



When the poison has been long at work Avithout betraying its presence, 

 till all at once the horse becomes lame, his legs swell, violent general 

 heat sets in, large and vicious looking buds appear suddenly and presently 

 break, while a stinking discharge takes place from the nose — corded veins 

 and buttons appearing in some instances along the spine — the case may 

 well be looked upon as hopeless ; and if there are other animals that are 

 in danger of taking the affection from him, it is doubtless best, as is 

 generally recommended by English veterinarians, for even much milder 

 forms, to kill the horse and bury him beyond the reach of all danger to 

 others. In this stage of the disease he is dangerous to man, and no 

 one ought to be required to take the risk of handling him. 



Lastly, every precaution should be taken to guard against the sprcrul 

 •f the contagion. When a horse is known to be affected with farcy, n* 

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