86 COLD. 
bag should be retained upon the head for an hour each time. Should 
not yellow deal saw-dust be obtainable, procure some of common deal, 
upon which last pour one ounce of spirits of 
turpentine. Mix well and thoroughly before 
you apply the bag to the head; but should 
not a proper apparatus be in the stable, then 
it is better to forego the steaming, as the 
common nose-bag is far too short and too 
tight for safety. The cloth moreover is apt 
to swell and not to allow the free passage of 
the water. Sad accidents have ensued upon 
the incautious employment of the ordinary 
nose-bag for steaming purposes. 
If the horse appear to be weak, and there 
is the slightest suspicion that the weight of 
the appliance for the time directed may tax 
: the strength, let some substance, as a stool, a 
STRAMING THE Nose oF A HORSE form or chair, be placed beneath the bag. The 
animal will require no teaching to understand 
the use of the intended resting-place. As the weight begins to drag, 
the head will be lowered, and after a very brief space the steaming 
apparatus will be found reposing upon its intended support. 
While the membrane is dry, use the steaming-bag six times daily. 
When a copious stream of pus flows from the nose, its application thrice 
daily will be sufficient. At the same time let the food consist of grass 
with mashes, to regulate the bowels and subdue the attendant fever. 
Give no medicine; but the discharge being established, three daily feeds 
of crushed and scalded oats, with a few broken beans added to them, 
will do no harm. Likewise, should the weakness be great, a couple of 
pots of stout, one pot at night and the other at morning, will be bene- 
ficial. Good nursing, a loose box, fresh air, warmth, and not even exer- 
cise till the disorder abates, are also to be commended. Afterward 
take to full work with caution, as much debility is apt to ensue upon 
severe cold. It will also sometimes lead to other diseases, as those of 
the larynx, air-passages, and lungs. Should the symptoms deepen, the 
treatment must be changed; the lesser affection (cold) being swallowed 
up by the greater disorder, which is superadded ; consequently, disre- 
gard the original ailment, taking those measures requisite to relieve the 
new and more important affliction. 
Animals with chronic cold, or with a constant running from the nose, 
soon exhibit excessive weakness. Nothing taxes the strength so much 
as the prolonged disorder of any mucous surface. 
