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days. The condition of the throat can be easily tested 

 by simply placing the hand in front of the tube and 

 compelling the horse to breathe through the nostrils 

 again. As soon as the animal can breathe in this man- 

 ner without showing any obstruction in the throat, the 

 tube should be removed and the wound dressed twice 

 a day with HEAKD'S HEALING LOTION. It will close up in 

 a few days. It is sometimes necessary to allow the 

 tube to remain in the trachea 2 or 3 weeks before the 

 obstruction in the threat is entirely gone. If it gets 

 stopped up with mucus, clear it out by scraping with a 

 knife or piece of wood. Keep it clear. The diet should 

 be restricted to about 4 quarts of milk with water in 

 which oatmeal has been soaked for an hour or two. If 

 the case is very protracted, a nice nutritious drink can 

 be made by boiling, for 15 mifiutes, half a pint of lin- 

 seed in a gallon of water, giving it as often as the pa- 

 tient will take it. After a day or two a small quantity 

 of hay can be given, and a little bran mash will some- 

 times be relished. But it is much better to restrict the 

 diet to very small proportions. 



The treatment of the next described form, pink-eye, 

 will have to be varied in only one particular, and that 

 relates to the local management of the eye. It is im- 

 portant that the inflammation of the eye-lids and sur- 

 rounding structures should be reduced as soon as pos- 

 sible, otherwise we are very likely to have a horse with 

 defective sight, and consequently of greatly reduced 

 value. To reduce this inflammation there should be 

 inserted, with a syringe, about a teaspoonful of 

 HEABD'S LOTION for moon-eye, to be repeated 3 times a 

 day. There is a great tendency in some horses to rub 

 the lids against the side or front of the stall. Prevent 



