The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-12-14

will give in as BRIEF a space as pOSslOle
the symptoms and general treatment,
attention to which will as rule, ena-
bic interested parties to combat the
ailment satisfactorily.
The first symptoms observed are
usually slight cold, alternated with
fever. The horse Is dull and has often
a cough, with soreness OF throat, aud
there is a disclination to eat aud Ia
creased thirst; the coat is staring;
there is by aud by loose condition
and redness of the nasal membranes,
accompanied by watery flow from
the nose and eyes and the pulse Is
somewhat hurried. In day or two the
submaxilIary and sublingual glands
swell aud there i, difficulty in swallow,
ing. 1t often happens on the second
or third day that muco -purulent
discharge takes place from the nostrlls
and sometimes the lungs become
slightly inflamed
When the tumor is between the Jaws
in the ordinary way and of the usual
size, it reaches maturity with little or
No trouble being experienced. 1t IS
hot, tender, rounded aud smooth, ana
eventually fluctuating in the center,
owing to the formation OF pus. There
will be much more fever and greater
difficulty 10 breathing when the tumor
is in the immediate neighborhood OF
the parotid glands. stertorous breath
ing and tendency to strangulation,
thus giving rise to the name strangles.
When the tumor exceeds the ordinary
size there may occur hlndrance 10
proper masticatiou, causing the animal
to become extremely weak from lack OF
sufficient nourishment. We have m
stances where the tumor, in place OF
becoming softer, gets harder, and then
the disease becomes more tedious
1t is useless in this disease, as IN
many others, to check it. Our efforts
must be directed in such a way as TO
assist nature to do her work more eX-
peditiously than when left to herself,
and in this way we effect a saving OF
time, and better, maintain the strength
of our animal. This latter is very
important point, and cannot be too
strongly Insisted upon, care being
taken not to reduce it by either
bleeding or physicing. The horse
must receive nourishment, for the
drain upon the system is now very
great, and if the throat is so sore as to
cause a disinclination or inability TO
swallow, he must get it, if necessary,
by the rectum. The latter, however,
is not desirable channel, the result
usually being unsatisfactory, because
only portion of the nutritious con-
stituents are absorbed.
ANY food which the animal will take
may be given. OF course it must be
soft or it will be refused. Grain is
taken when the other food
is refused; carrots scalded and cut lon
and bran mashes may be
given: but change must be made the
the animal begins to tire OF it.
Boil linseed and cornmeal together
and give it as thick cruel. Sulphate
of ouinine, a scruple at dose, might
be given either ia thin Cruel or beef
tea. the latter preferable when there
much exhaustion
When the glands are observed to
swell commence applying warm poul-
ices This line of treatment is pre-
'erable to lamentations, as the latter is
1ot infreouently followed by chill,
.etarding necessarily the suppuration
process A little mustard or canthar-
DIES ointment may be rubbed over the
iurface before applying the poultice.
The latter may be kept warm by either
it with hot cotton bat
ing or keeping it saturated with
wafer as hot as can be safely applied. !
AS soon as the tumor points, open it,
md eyacuate the sac. 1t is said ma
jure is a good physician, but a bad
surgeon, because when an opening Is
permitted to take place as the result
If allowing an abscess TO burst, the
wound is irregular, heals slowly, and
Is ant to cause blemish; while an in
cised wound. as made by scalpel, or
other surgical instrument, heals
quickly, leaving no scar. When the
wound is made inject some laudanum
and tepid water, insert q pledget OF
tow, saturated in a weak solution of
acid, one part to 70 of water.
K eep the wound clean, as this has
quite an effect on the result. Be very
careful when making the incision that
the duct of the gland is not severed.
Blood vessels should also be avoided.
as depletion at such a time would
prove injurious. The abscess should
not be opened until it points.
If the throat is sore and the nostrils
considerably, swab out the
former with the carbolic acid mixture
prescribed above and syringe little
into the nostrils. This should be done
gently, so as to prevent it from being
carried by the respiratory movement
into the lungs Cause the animal to
inhale steam occasionally. The after
treatment may be summarily disposed
Of, as it is embraced 10 the following:
Good nursing, tonics and nutritive
diet. The latter should be supplied
judciouslv. not too much at first, as
the digestive organs are still weak
Charles r. Wood, V. s, in American
Cultivator.
About the Farm.