M2 ILLUSTRATED STOCK DOCTOB. 



Give occasionally in gruel the following : 



ISo, 42. >^ Ounce balsam copaiba, 



2 Drachms sweet spirits of niter. 



This with warm clothing and nutritious food will suffice for mild cases 

 Where the trephine is not to be used, treatment must be persisted in until 

 the animal is cured. 



V. Nasal Polypus. 



Polypus may form upon any of the cavities of the body which com- 

 municate with the air, being peculiar to the mucous membrane. These 

 grown to such size as seriously to impair breathing, are accompanied some- 

 times by discharge of mucus which is pure. That is, it is thrown out as 

 soon as formed, and therefore it is not fetid. 



Y/hat to do. — If the polypus which is generally pear-shaped and at. 

 tached to the membrane of the nose, by a small neck, can be made visible 

 by causing the horse to cough, it may be removed by a ligature or a 

 pair of polypus scissors by any physician, if no veterinary surgeon is 

 at hand. 



When the polypus is entirely concealed from view, tracheotomy may 

 have to be employed before an examination can be made, since the poly- 

 pus may have gone so far as to oppress the breathing. Thus in all cases 

 of palypus, unless it be so low that a ligature can be employed to strarg- 

 ulate it at the neck, it is altogether better to call in the aid of a T«tei> 

 inary surgeon. 



