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creased redness of the inside of the nostrils, from 

 which there soon proceeds an unusual secretion of 

 mucus ; a dryness of the eyes, or sometimes an in- 

 creased effusion of tears. In a short time there is 

 generally added some degree of cough and difficulty 

 of breathing; and sometimes there is with these 

 symptoms a considerable degree of heat and dryness 

 of the skin ; increased thirst, and not unfrequently 

 a loss of appetite. At first the cough is dry, and 

 sometimes continues so ; but more frequently, when 

 the complaint has remained for some time, a frothy 

 whitish mucus is coughed up. The pulse is not 

 always much affected in this disease ; but in general 

 it is fuller and harder than natural. The first symp- 

 tom of the disease is not unfrequently a chilliness 

 and trembling. 



When a cough has existed for a considerable 

 length of time, and the horse shews no other parti- 

 cular symptoms of disease, it is called a chronic 

 cough, which frequently terminates in broken-wind. 

 In this kind of cough the lungs is generally affected, 

 the horse breathes quick, yet his nostrils are not 

 much distended: The cough is short and husky, 

 the animal frequently sneezes, and discharges phlegm 

 through his nostrils. 



When a horse has a cough, and he appears hide- 

 bound, his legs swell in the morning, and his appe- 

 tite fails, it is clear that the disease arises from a bad 

 habit of body. 



Causes. — The principal causes of cough are, sud- 

 den changes of temperature, especially cold applied 

 when the body is in a state of pei spiration, or enter- 

 ing a warm stable after being long exposed to a cold 

 air. It may also proceed from greasy or farcy hu- 

 mours lodging in the body ; or it may be occasioned 

 by any internal irritation. 



Cure. — If the complaint is slight, and there is 

 little fever, it will often be sufficient to take the 

 animal within doors into a warm stable, give him a 



