318 REPORT ON THE DISEASES OF FARM HORSES. 



to the action of medicines. The following may be given as a 

 ball, night and morning : — 



R. Ammonia 2 drams. 



Nitre 2 „ 



Belladonna % ,, 



If the throat is sore, and swallowing difficult, make up a thick 

 mixture of the following : — 



Alum , 3 drams. 



Belladonna 6 , , 



Treacle 5 Pound. 



Flour to make a paste. 



Apply this to the tongue two or three times a-day by means of 

 a fiat stick. Eub the throat with ammonia liniment. Signs of 

 Recovery are usually manifest in about a week, when tonics and 

 stimulants, as gentian and nitric ether, will be needed. 



Diabetes. — Polyuria or profuse staling is a disease engen- 

 dered by improper food, irregular living, and occurs always 

 conjointly with a state of indigestion, and poor state of the 

 blood. Kiln dried, or musty oats, inferior hay, &c, are prolific 

 causes. It occurs besides as a sequel to other diseases of a low 

 type, as influenza, strangles, &c. The water of some localities is 

 said to produce it, and especially when the animal is heated. 

 It also arises when no particular cause can be assigned, and will 

 attack one horse out of a number, and at other times affects the 

 whole. In the latter case, however, we are more certain to suc- 

 ceed in finding causes in the food, &c. 



The Symptoms are intense thirst. A cob pony of 13| hands 

 — my last patient — affected with this disease, would swallow 

 four pails full of water successively, and shortly after deluge the 

 stall with urine. The discharge of urine, often surprising, is 

 colourless, and rarely exceeds the density of water itself. The 

 condition falls off rapidly, the coat becomes rough and staring, 

 a voracious appetite gives way to capriciousness, and is even- 

 tually lost, and if the disease is not checked, it will probably end 

 in glanders. 



Ireatment. — A full diet of sound food will be needed, with a 

 large loose box or covered yard, that exercise may be taken. 

 Correct the bowels by a mild laxative, and give one or two drams 

 of the iodide of potassium, three times a day in water, and three 

 or four drams of carbonate of soda in the food, night and morn- 

 ing. The perchloride of iron, in one or two dram doses, or 

 solution of arsenic, one ounce, the former two or three times, the 

 latter once a day, have been attended with good results. 



The Preventive Treatment consists in avoiding irregular 

 habits, bad food, &c, instituting a thorough system of feeding, 

 commensurate with the work required. In turning out to pas- 



