288 THE HORSE 



Broken Wind. 



Some cases of broken wind cannot be cured, since the air- 

 cells in the lungs have been ruptured ; but what frequently 

 passes as such is the result of a disordered stomach, with 

 spasm of the muscular fibres which lie on the inside of the 

 small branches of the windpipe in the lungs. This latter 

 form is usually termed in stable language a " stomach 

 cough." The expiration of the air is more difiicult, and 

 takes a longer time than the inspiration, the flanks are 

 slowly drawn up and then suddenly fall down with a sort of 

 double action, which is very characteristic. There is a short, 

 harsh cough, with difficult breathing, especially when going 

 uphill, and the animal becomes speedily distressed when 

 asked to go out of a walk. In these cases of chronic cough 

 much relief may be given, and a cure frequently effected, by 

 paying especial attention to the feeding, and taking care the 

 animal is not put to work for two hours after partaking 

 of food, so as to free the lungs from unnecessary pressure. 

 Bulky food must be avoided on days when the animal is 

 required for work, only corn and chaff, with a handful 

 of crushed linseed, forming the feed, while on days of 

 idleness a little damped hay may be allowed. For treat- 

 ment nothing in the writer's experience can compare 

 with a course of Harvey's Aconite Powders, which greatly 

 lessen the tendency to cough, and not infrequently effect 

 a complete cure. 



KOARING. 



So many horses, especially the largest, fall victims to 

 roaring, that any cure which can be relied upon will 

 be a boon indeed. Many methods have been tried, and 

 the most successful one so far has been the well-known 

 practice of inserting a tube, which certainly affords 

 great relief, and enables many a horse to continue at 

 fast work, and even to win races, which would have been 

 quite impossible if Nature had been left to herself. At 

 present much is hoped for from the recently introduced 

 operation of stripping the membrane of the ventricles of 



