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as in men. Ileating and exposure afterwards ; a hard, wet 

 drive without being properly dried, rubbed down, warmly 

 housed, well bedded, etc. Such are the causes. Swelled 

 THROAT. In this term we include, sore throat, enlarged glands, 

 and laryngitis, or inflammation of the larynx. In all these 

 developments of cold, there is more or less soreness, swelling, 

 redness of the eye, an increase of mucus from the nose, dullness, 

 stiffness, failure to eat, slobbering of saliva, etc. To discover 

 laryngitis, apply the ear to the windpipe from the chest to the 

 head ; as you proceed, carefully listening, up the neck you will 

 hear a little gurgle, which increases to a wheeze or whistling 

 sound. All these affections lead to bronchitis, consumption, 

 and death. The place to stop them is here at the outset, the 

 time is now, when first discovered. If a mild case, dussolve 

 half an ounce of extract of belladonna in two quarts of water. 

 Put half a pint in a bottle, hold up the horse's head, and turn 

 it into the mouth ; let him retain it thirty seconds, drop the 

 head, and it will run from his lips. Repeat this at least three 

 or four times a day. Give no hay or whule grain ; only green 

 food, roots, boiled grain, mashes, gruel, and such soft food 

 should be given during any soreness or inflammation of the 

 throat. If the attack is severe, or increases in spite of the above 

 treatment, open the neck vein, and bleed two or three quarts. 

 Prepare chloride of zinc, three drachms ; extract of belladonna, 

 half an ounce ; tincture of capsicum, two drachms ; water, one 

 gallon, and use as directed for the belladonna and water. 

 Apply the corrosive liniment on the outside of the throat, not 

 more than two mornings in succession. Cough is an accom- 

 paniment to almost every disease of the throat and lungs. 

 The first cough should be noticed, and its cause ascertained. 

 The disease which causes it should be attacked. Dr. Stewart 

 recommends the gunpowder mixture, (See Remedies,) and if he 



