The management and treatment of the horse in the stable, field, and ...

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in mind of the a Industrious Irishman/' who pulled the
stairs down to keep the bugs out of the bedroom. It is
quite sufficient if the mangers and other parts which the
nostril of the gland ered horse has touched, be
thoroughly scrubbed with hot water and strong soda,
and afterwards with chloride of lime ; the proportion of
which should be one pint and a half to a pailful of water
or carbolic acid and hot water, which should be in propor-
tion of half-a-pint to two gallons of water. The walls
should be limewashed, and all the cloths, headstalls,
and halters destroyed, and the iron-work painted. We
have already said that we cannot find a well-authenticated
case of cure of the glanders. Hinde says : " Glanders
has been cured spontaneously on a largp scale, under his
own inspection solely by regular and good living, a fine
seaside country and moderate work being the only
adjuncts, with such an auxiliary as Venice turpentine
diftused in steam up the nostrils have removed recent
cases of glanders, wherein the skankers were already
visible, the discharge foetid, and the glander hard and
fixed. To apply this remedy make a bran mash hot in
which is mixed the turpentine, attach this to the
horse's head by means of a nose bag, and in a quarter
of an hour renew the heat by means of a pailful of
hot water in which the bag is to be partially immersed,
afterwards cover the body, head, and neck, so as to
promote perspiration ; but if it does not come on by
these means, cover the body first in a blanket that
has been immersed in hot water and wrung out, rub
dry, cover up, and repeat the same daily. In all such
cases we have given salt in every way the patient