198 ‘HE VETERINARY DOCTOR. 
have a good effect when the discharge from the nostril is grayish and 
sticky, or like the white of egg; the nasal membrane of a slate-color, with 
elevations which contain pus; the gland under the jaw adhering to the 
jaw, or enlarged. Dissolve one grain of the drug in twelve ounces of water 
and give a wineglassful of this three times a day. If the farcy buds be 
washed night and morning with a lotion of one drachm of the salt of the 
same drug in sixteen ounces of water, good results may be expected. Doses 
of five grains of arseniate of strychnia are highly recommended. Iodide 
of arsenic will have a good effect if given three times a day as soon as the 
“buds” have become full of pus, or when ulcers appear, or when there 
are no inflammatory symptoms. If this remedy and kali bichromicum ap- 
pear to be indicated at the same time, they should be given in alternation, 
and such alternation will be especially valuable when farcy and true 
glanders exist at the same time, the horse becoming poor and weak. Bi- 
sulphite of soda in two-drachm doses is a good general remedy for glanders. 
When the farcy buds become soft, they should be 
opened with a sharp knife and a lotion be injected inte 
them composed of five grains of chloride of zinc and one 
ounce of water. If the wound is not inclined to heal in 
a day or two, repeat this injection in two or three days. 
Ulcers may also be washed once or twice with this lotion, 
and be subsequently cleansed with strong salt-water four 
to six times a day if a cure is not effected. After wash- 
ing the sores with salt-water, apply equal parts of flour 
and pounded charcoal three times a day, if the former 
treatment has not succeeded. A thick layer of calomel 
is also efficacious when the sores are slow about healing. 
f Keep the horse clean and give moderate exercise or 
spe ee EIN: light work. The best of hay and « moderate allowance 
of oats, with carrots and other green food, will be a 
suitable diet. Keep the stable clean, airy but not cold, change the bedding 
often, and use carbolic acid freely in washing the floor. Pure air, rich food, 
and an absence of exhausting labor are essentials in the treatment and _ pre- 
vention. 
To prevent the spread of this dreadful disease, which is usually fatal 
however well treated, the best plan is to shoot the horse and bury him deep 
in the ground—it is still better to burn him—and no other course is free 
from danger to man or beast. Remember that a heavy penalty is incurred 
in some States by exposing glandered horses in a public place. All sus- 
pected animals should be carefully secluded until they are safe from infec- 
tion, or have been cured or destroyed. All rags, sponges, brushes, pails, 
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