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TREATMENT. The disease will be cured by giving 

 the SPECIFIC for FEVER, A A, or by giving the FEVER 

 and COUGH SPECIFIC, E E, alternately, fifteen drops 

 every three hours. 



Heaves, Broken Wind, Thick Wind, 

 Whistles. 



These are merely varieties of nearly one and the 

 same pathological condition, and the distinctions 

 lead to no practical result in my method of treat- 

 ment. 



THICK WIND is generally the result of an imper- 

 fectly cured bronchitis or pneumonia, leaving either 

 the mucous membrane of the bronchia permanently 

 thickened, or some portions of the lung more or less 

 solidified, thus impairing its capacity and diminishing 

 or destroying its elasticity. Hence, the horse when 

 exercised especially up hill, breathes short, hurriedly, 

 and more laboriously than in health. This causes 

 much distress, the horse expands his nostrils, heaves, 

 pants and breathes with difficulty . 



BROKEN WIND is the result of emphysema of the 

 lungs, that is, the minute air-cells in certain portions 

 of the lungs become dilated, lose their elasticity or 

 power of contraction, and breaking one into another 

 form variously-sized sacks of air, the entrance to 

 which becomes closed, so that this air remains resi- 

 dent in the lungs and so far destroys its use. Spasm 

 of the air-tubes acts in a similar manner, hence, it 

 may come and go, but the former condition is mure 

 or less permanent. Spasm, or disease of the mid- 



