A treatise on the horse and his diseases .. . SUFFERING FKOM THE EFFECTS OF APOWERFUL POISON. DISTEMPER. (Strangles.) This form of sore throat is characterizedby swelling between the bones of the lower jaw, which terminates in anabscess. Cause A specific poison in theblood, which but few horses es-cape. Treatment. The opinions of dif-ferent veterinarians vary in regardto the treatment, some recom-mending poultices while othersforbid it &&?. but the following planis undoubtedly as good one as any. Give grass or soft feed andbut little if any medicine and ifthought best to do anything to

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Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1870, booksubjecthorses, bookyear1879