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may be brought on by the animal being subjected to ex- 

 posure to sudden changes of temperatures from dry to 

 damp and from hot to cold. The disease differs from catarrh, 

 because it most frequently attacks young horses, generally 

 from two to five years old. It seems to be nature's design 

 to throw some poisonous matter from the system, and the 

 treatment should be that which will assist the animal best 

 and most readily in doing so. The vitality should be as- 

 sisted, therefore, by feeding nutritious food, in the nature 

 of vegetables and bran mashes, keeping the bowels open 

 and strengthening the animal at the same time. This dis- 

 ease occurs most often in springtime, and shows itself dur- 

 ing damp, cold weather, in radical changes of temperature 

 or when horses are being changed from one locality to 

 another, as from the country out of a pasture, where there 

 is plenty of pure, cool, healthy air, to which they have be- 

 come acclimated, and placed in a hot stable in the city. It 

 rarely ever fails to bring on a violent attack of catarrh and 

 distemper, and sometimes pneumonia also. 



Treatment. Provide a well-ventilated stable, clothe 

 warmly, rub and bandage the legs with good, warm flannel, 

 use freely a poultice made of warm water, bran and vinegar, 

 to be applied to the throat so as to encourage a free dis- 

 charge of puss. In an hour apply again. 



To TREAT A CURB. Grease with lard from the curb spot 

 to the hoof after applying the blister and daily as long as it 

 discharges. It should run freely for 36 or 48 hours. It 

 will remove the lump in a scab from the curb. Muzzle 

 horse till blister is stopped. Stop the blister and dress it 

 daily afterward with sweet oil or lard. The horse should 

 not be worked till the swelling leaves the legs. 



BLOOD OR BOG SPAVIN. Wet the part well with acetic 

 acid, rub in slightly with bare hand. Moisture like dew 

 should come from it in three minutes. If it does not sweat 

 this way, apply once daily until it does so. Apply afterward 

 once a week until cured. Turn the animal out and let him 

 exercise in a lot or field. Severe exercise should be avoided. 

 Feed moderately. 



SPASM OF THE DIAPHRAGM OR COLIC. This is gener- 

 ally provoked by the heedlessness of the rider. A horse is 

 overmarked, as the condition is technically called, when the 



