106 SPASMS OF THE DIAPHBAQM OB MIDBIFF. 



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years without being otherwise unwell. Other coughs 

 are connected with thick wind, broken wind, glan- 

 ders, worms, and indigestion. 



TREATMENT. For all chronic coughs fifteen drops 

 of the SPECIFIC for COUGHS, E E, morning and night, 

 are sufficient. In more complicated or recent cases, 

 the medicine may be given three or four times per 

 day Sometimes the SPECIFIC A A, for INFLAMMA- 

 TION, is equally or more efficient, even when no fever 

 or heat is apparent. 



Spasms of the Diaphragm or Midriff 



This is a very rare disease in the horse, but may 

 occur in consequence of disorders of the stomach 

 and bowels, or violent exertions when the stomach 

 is distended with food. 



SYMPTOMS. The midriff contracts with so much 

 foi ce that the whole body is shaken and a " thump- 

 ing " noise is heard at some distance ; these thumps 

 are best heard when the ear is placed over the back 

 at each side of the spine; the pulse is small, from 

 fifty to sixty to the minute, and the breathing from 

 twenty to thirty ; the breath is drawn quickly into 

 the lungs, and is attended with a sniffling sound at 

 the nose ; the sides of the nose are drawn inward, 

 when the breath is inhaled 



This thumping or spasm differs from palpitation 

 of the heart by the number of beats being different 

 from that of the heart, by the sounds being heard 

 over the back and the drawing in of the nostrils 

 during inspiration. 



