24 DR. LEGEAR'S STOCK BOOK. 



Bromide of potassa ........................ 4 drains. 



Water ................................... 1 pint. 



Mix. 



CHRONIC COUGH. 



It ma} 7 exist without any apparent cause. It may follow laryn- 

 gitis, and may be associated with chest diseases, indigestion, etc. 



Treatment. Carefully avoid the feeding of bad hay and oats, 

 dusty food, etc., and give 1 dram of antimony twice a day for 

 ten days; or give the following old reliable remedy: 



Calomel ................................. G drain-. 



Digitalis ................................ 6 drams. 



Camphor ................................ 6 dram?. 



Powdered opium .......................... 6 drams. 



Mix and divide into 12 powders, and give one every 

 other morning before feeding. 



CHRONIC CATARRH NASAL GLEET. 



This is characterized by a continuous discharge of a thick, 

 white, or yellowish-white matter from one or both nostrils. 



Causes. The commonest cause is a neglected or badly treated 

 cold, usually following those cases where the horse has been ex- 

 posed, been over-worked, or has not received proper food. Other 

 causes are: blows on the head and face, diseased teeth, tumors, 

 fractures, or particles of food or other foreign bodies getting in. 

 the passages of the head. 



Symptoms. The discharge from the nose is at first 

 ;soon becomes yellow, and sticks around the nostrils, but gener- 



