280 The Diseases of Animals 
at first thin and watery, but later becoming thick, and, 
in some eases, quite pus-like (purulent). The bowels 
are usually constipated. 
Give the patient comfortable quarters, blanket 
warmly and supply laxative, easily digested food. <A 
small tablespoonful of saltpeter (nitrate of potash) 
should be added to the drinking water once daily. 
Steam the horse’s head by placing a blanket over it 
and setting under this a pail of boiling water contain- 
ing a tablespoonful of carbolic acid. As the water 
cools, more steam can be generated by plunging heated 
irons or stones into the pail. 
CHRONIC CATARRH 
In chronic eatarrh, there are few symptoms except 
a discharge of mucus or muco-purulent matter, thick 
or thin, from one or both nostrils. It is usually most 
profuse when the animal is first exercised, or when 
the head is lowered to drink. The catarrh may be of 
long standing, and the animal be somewhat debilitated 
as a result. In bad cases, pus may collect in one of 
the nasal chambers (sinuses). This may be discharged 
in lumps, or the bones of the face may bulge, from the 
pressure of pus inside; in some cases, the bone softens 
and the pus is discharged through it to the outside. 
Sometimes there is a snorting cough. 
The treatment for chronic catarrh is to provide 
comfortable quarters, plenty of nourishing, laxative 
food and to give good care. Tonir condition powders 
may then be made after the following formula : 
