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cough and sore throat give as a dose two or three times a day, the 

 following: 



Iodine, 20 grains. 



Iodide of potassium, 1 drachm. 



Sweet spirits of nitre, 2 ounces. 



Mix in one pint of water gruel. As the animal recovers give 

 soft, nourishing food. 



4. The following is the popular treatment with many veteri. 

 nary surgeons for this disease. For the cough, take of: 



Spirit of nitric ether, 10 ounces. 



Laudanum, 4 drachms. 



Nitrate of potash, 3 " 



Water, 1 pint. 



Mix, and give as a drench night and morning. 

 After the cough has subsided somewhat, and convalescence ha 

 set in, give the following as a stomachic ball : 



Extract of gentian, 6 drachms. 



Powdered ginger, 2 " 



Mix. 



EYE AFFECTIONS. 



To Test Horses' Eyes Look at the eye when the horse is 

 in a dark stable; then turn him about to a strong light, and if you 

 observe that the pupil contracts and appears much smaller than in 

 the first instance, you may infer that he has a good strong eye, but 

 if the pupil remain nearly of the same size in both cases, his eyes 

 are weak, and you had better have nothing to do with him. 



Remedies 1. For sore and scummed eyes on horses, take 

 fresh butter or sweet lard, honey and the white of three eggs, well 

 stirred up with salt ground to a fine powder; mix it well and apply 

 to the eye with a feather. Also rub above the eye, in the hollow, 

 with the salve. Wash freely with cold soft water, to which a little 

 black pepper is added. 



3. For a bruised eye, take rabbit's fat or fresh butter and use 

 as above directed. Bathe freely with fresh rain-water. Many 

 bloodshot eyes have been cured with this simple remedy. 



4. For removing film and granulations from horses' eyes, 

 pulverize to a fine powder, equal parts of loaf-sugar and salt. Of 

 this preparation fill an ordinar} 7 goose-quill to the extent of one- 

 fourth or an inch. Blow it into the eye of the horse twice a day. 

 Two hours after each operation, wash his eyes with warm milk. One 

 week's use of this remedy will effect a cure. 



FISTULA. 



Symptoms Inflammation and tenderness of the points of 

 the spinal joints mostly pressed by the saddle. When this inflam- 



