7 
i fluid were found in the cavity of the chest. It is well to bear in mind 
“a stitch in time saves nine.” Rest, warm arm clothing, the application of bandages. 
to the legs, and hand-rubbing, are are all of g1 great benefit i in ‘influenza. The diet, 
should, in the first instance, be of a laxative nature, consisting of linseed or 
oatmeal § gruel, bran mashes, carrots, turnips, orfresh grass, If the bowels are 
costive, two or three drachms of aloes may be administered. Never give a 
large dose of opening medicine in influenza, for the mucous lining of the 
-4 bowel is always more or less irritable in this disease, and is easily excited to 
undue action, which in all these cases retards cure./ For the first two or three 
days a drench, consisting of liquor ammonii acetatis four_ounces, spirit of | 
nitric ether (the best) one gunce, and water to make half a pint in all, may be 
given three‘times daily. If the throat be sore, it may be rubbed twice daily 
with’ camphorated oil, for which the following is a useful form ‘gf camphor: 
aoe ae cues methylated _ spirit one ounce, solution of strong ammonia two: 
“drachms, olive or linseed oil to half a pint. 
In severer cases where the throat is badly affected, a blister of cantharides. 
oil may be applied externally, the head of the animal being tied up; or,. 
instead of the oil, a hot poultice of linseed and bran may be substituted, and 
will be found very beneficial. After about three days tonic drenches should. 
be substituted for the fever medicine“fThe 1 following is a useful fo ‘ofcitral citrate | 
; sof iron and ammonia two drachms, of aromatic spirit of ammonia one fe ounce, | ¢ / 
of tincture of inger one ounc tincture of of gentian_one ounce, of water or vt 
beer to a-pint— This may be given twice daily, and will quickly restore tone tone (? 
to the system, and generally give the animal a good appetite. = 
In conclusion, we must ‘carefully warn our readers against advertised. 
nostrums, whose virtue is to cure all diseases. Confidently we can state that,. 
although in some cases they may do good, and although in other cases one may 
think they do good, yet nevertheless they bring the veterinarian a very large: 
amount of extra work in the course of each year. 
No medicine, as we all know can cure every disease, and we have found’ 
that many of the quack preparations, when analysed, contain not only drugs. 
of very inferior quality, but also those which are absolutely deleterious. 
Of the disastrous results produced in many valuable studs of horses by 
the internal use of preparations of aconite, we shall speak when we come to. 
déal with the subject of poisons. 
STRANGLES OR COLT-ILL. 
Most of our readers who have had much to do with young horses have 
doubtless some little knowledge of strangles or colt-ill; yet, although this 
malady has been recognised from early times, there are still, even among 
professional men, many diverse opinions regarding its nature. 
Strarigles is: widely spread over the surface of the earth. It is, however, 
said to be somewhat rarely met with in Southern Europe; but in-Germany | 
and the northern and western countries it is a commo pymalad ey, In Africa 
and in Arabia, and indeed in all countries in whic Tal eastern ots, vith 
