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

174 The Management and Treatment of the Morse,
a very different hue, varying from cream -white to brown
or straw colour, and mixed with pus ; in some instances
this is mixed with blood. This discharge is sometimes
continuous, and at others it is only occasionally squeezed
out :
in the latter case it is generally thick, and when so
the disease is generally on the wane. If, however, it is
of long duration, it sometimes assumes a serious aspect,
and may ultimately prove fatal. Sometimes this
disease is accompanied with cough, and when it is so,
the writer has found very good results from the
following pectoral balls, given every day for a week.
They are also very good for horses suffering from
asthma or chronic cough:—Balsam of capivi, Barba-
does tar and Castile soap, of each four ounces, prepared
kali one ounce, beat them together in a mortar, then
add carraway seed, aniseed, grains of paradise, and
liquorice powder, of each four ounces, sufficient honey
or treacle to form it into a stiff paste. Give two ounces
each day for three days, then every other day for a
week, and afterwards one or two a week. The writer
frequently stimulates the nostrils with the fume of
vinegar, and for this purpose make a brick red hot, and
put a horse cloth over the horse's head, holding the
brick on a shovel under the cloth, and pouring gently
the vinegar on to the brick. The fumes are confined
in the rug, and the animal is forced to inhale it. This
will be found to cleanse the nostrils and heal the
irritation of the mucous membrane. If the disease is
of long standing it may be as well to use Venice
turpentine alternately with the vinegar. For this
purpose the turpentine should be mixed with bran,