158 DISEASES OF THE HORSE. 
pulse quick, and respiration labored, eyelids and nos- 
trils reddened; on applying the ear to the side, a gurg- 
ling sound is heard. 
Treatment.—Give the following ball in the early 
stage of the disease: Nitrate of potassa, pulverized digi - 
talis, and tartrate of antimony, of each half a drachm, 
molasses sufficient to make the ball. If the fever is not 
_ broken in twelve hours, repeat the ball. As soon as the 
desired object is obtained, give one of the following 
powders twice a day, in a sloppy mash: Nitrate of 
potassa one and a half ounces, nitrate of soda six ounces, 
divide into six powders; or give the following : Extract 
of belladonna 1 drachm, spirits of nitre 1 oz., solution 
of acetate of ammonia 4 oz., in half a pint of water, asa 
drench. The throat and sides should be blistered; the 
ordinary fly blister made thin with turpentine is very 
good, or mustard mixed with equal parts of water and 
spirits of hartshorn. Either of the above, when used, 
should be well rubbed in with the hand. 
NASAL GLEET. 
This is a chronic discharge, from one or both nostrils, 
of a whitish muco-purulent matter, the result usually 
of neglected catarrh. The general health of the animal 
does not seem to suffer; he looks well, feeds well, and 
works well; yet we have this discharge, which is caused 
by weakness in the secretory vessels of the lining mem- 
brane of the nose. The successful treatment in all cases 
where this disorder has existed, has been on the tonic prin- 
ciple; bleeding and purging are positively injurious. 
Give one of the followiug powders night and morning: 
Sesquichloride of iron 2 oz., powdered cinnamon 1 oz., 
mix and divide into four powders; or carbonate of 
iron, pulverized gentian, and pulverized quassia, of each 
