THE HORSE, ITS DISEASES. 



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2 Drachms spirits of ammonia, 

 2 Drachms ether. 



Mix and give in :i little gruel, (say 1-2 pint,) twice a day. If the throat 

 is involved poultice it with linseed meal in which a little mustard has been 

 mixed. When the symptoms give way and improvement begins, or if 

 the appetite is not good prepare the following : 



No. 62. 



2 Ounces powdered gentian, 



2 Ounces carbonate of ammonia. 



Form this into a mass, with linseed oil and molasses, divided into eight 

 parts and give one twice each day. If the cold becomes chronic it ends 

 in catarrh. When there are catarrhal symptoms and sore throat give the 

 following : 



No. 63. 



1 Drachm extract of belladonna, 



2 Drachms ipecac, 



2 Drachms powdered camphor, 

 4 Drachms nitre. 



Mix into a ball with linseed oil, and give one 

 every three or four hours. In inveterate or chron- 

 ic cold there is discharge, and swelling of the lym- 

 j)hatic gland. We have already shown how glan- 

 ders ma}^ be known. 



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HSAD WITH LYMPHATIC GLAND 

 OF THE THROAT SWOLLEN. 



1— The enlarged lymphatic within 

 the jaw. 



KOSS BAO FOR STEAMIN» 

 HORSE WITH COLD, 



We give a cut show- 

 ing the enlargement 

 of the lymphatic 

 ^land in chronic 

 icold. In case the 

 horse gets cold it is 

 better that he be ex- 

 amined by a competent 

 veterinary surgeon, 

 (not by a quack,) in order to be sure the disease is not glanders. 



Vn. Enlarged Glands— Goitre. 



There are various glands in the throat that are subject to enlargement 

 from disease, and which remain permanent after the disease is passed. 

 This result is generally more unsightly as a blemish than as a real disa- 

 bility. Goitre, however, is a disease peculiar to some limestone regions, 

 producing in animals as in man a swelling of the thyroid gland. In some 

 portions of the East it is quite prevalent, producing extensive enlarge- 



