90 CHILL 



SYMPTOMS The symptoms which are usually ob- 

 served before the chill proper sets in, are : dullness 

 or want of spirit on entering a stable after a journey: 

 hanging of the head ; standing fixedly in one place ; 

 taking little or no notice when spoken to ; smelling 

 at the food ; picking amongst it for a short time and 

 then leaving it altogether. In addition to these, the 

 eye is dull and countenance dejected ; the animal 

 grinds his teeth and breathes quicker than usual, 

 while the pulse is rarely or never disturbed at the 

 commencement. Soon the coat will begin to prick 

 and the animal will begin to tremble with consider- 

 able violence; his breathing will become more 

 hurried, attended with a harsh blowing sound in ihe 

 nasal passages ; the pulse still retaining its usual 

 slow beat. Sometimes the breathing becomes quick^ 

 hurried, and loud " panting." This condition may 

 continue half an hour, or even two hours or more, 

 when the patient will become more quiet, the breath- 

 ing softer, more tranquil, the skin and extremities 

 warmer, and the pulse rises to fifty or even sixty 

 beats to the minute. From this condition the attack 

 may, under judicious treatment, pass off, and speedy 

 recovery ensue; or, it may pass into a Catarrhal 

 Fever, or Pneumonia, or Bronchitis, or Lymphitis, 

 or Laminitis, or Inflammation of the Bowels, or what 

 is quite common, a bad, obstinate cough. 



TREATMENT. With as little delay as may be, the 

 patient should be comfortably housed and blanketed, 

 and fifteen drops of the SPECIFIC A A, for 

 INFLAMMATION, should be given. If not better in 



