MANUAL OF MODERN FARRIERY. 
If, however, the complaint is followed by weakness, it will 
be necessary to have recourse to the following tonic medicine, 
which should be repeated daily until the horse recovers 
strength :— 
Ginger , . 2 drachms, 
Camomile . . .2 ditto, 
Gentian . . 2 ditto. 
In bad cases of strangles the parotid gland will swell to 
a great size, and even become ulcerated; and in other in¬ 
stances an accumulation of fluid will take place, from swell¬ 
ing of the duct, and cause the vessel to burst. In this event 
a fistulous ulcer will follow, which will be found very difficult 
to eradicate. In such a case, it will require the aid of a 
regular veterinary surgeon, as an operation must be had 
recourse to, which no one but a regular and experienced 
practitioner will be able to perform. 
Strangles seems incidental to almost every horse ; and 
as it is a complaint which is often of long continuance, 
foreign veterinary surgeons conceived the idea of inoculating 
to produce a milder degree of the disease. This they 
performed either with part of the discharge from the 
nostrils, or with matter from the tumour. In many cases 
this has had a most beneficial result, being both shorter in 
its duration and milder in its effects. 
CANKER AND WOUNDS IN THE MOUTH. 
It is but a too common occurrence, that the sides of the 
mouth and other parts are wounded by the bit, which may 
be either too acute in its edges or may not fit. Frequently 
deep wounds are in consequence inflicted in the sides and 
inner parts, more especially between the grinders and the 
tushes, on which the bit rests. It is no uncommon occur¬ 
rence for the entire flesh to be removed from between the 
