The complete modern farrier: a manual of veterinary science; comprising instructions for the cure of all diseases incidental to horses, cattle, sheep, swine, and dogs ... / by Thomas Brown.

Brown, Thomas, M.P.S.

Date:: 1898

Credit: The complete modern farrier: a manual of veterinary science; comprising instructions for the cure of all diseases incidental to horses, cattle, sheep, swine, and dogs ... / by Thomas Brown. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$NASAL GLEET. 3] and in others mingled with blood. The discharge is some- times continuous, and at others it is only occasionally sneezed out. In the latter case it is generally thick, and when so the disease is on the wane. If, however, it is of long dura- tion, it sometimes assumes a serous aspect, and may ulti- mately prove fatal to the horse. Cure.—Give the following medicine twice a day :— Sulphate of copper, or blue vitriol . 1 drachm, made into a ball with treacle and flour. Should this disease be attended with cough and fever, then the following draught must be prepared:— Lintseed . . . .1 pint, Treacle . . . .8 ounces, Vinegar . .1 pint. The lintseed must be soaked or decocted in hot water for three or four hours, kept close to the fire, or on the hob of a grate. Let it be poured off, and the quantity of this tea which remains must be six pints. Then add the other ingredients. Give the horse half-a-pint from four to six times during the twenty-four hours. The above tonic, consisting of sul- phate of copper, should be continued along with the cough mixture. Should pus be found mixed with the nasal dis- charge, and the smell be disagreeable, then the following tonic medicine must be given :— Sulphate of copper . . 1 drachm, Gentian ... .2 drachms, Ginger ... .2 drachms, Treacle . . . \ ounce; to be administered in a single dese, and repeated daily while the above symptoms continue. But if not removed in a few days, there is reason to expect that it will terminate in glanders.$