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inUi a loose place, for the attack sekloni or 

 »ever comes on whiist they are on the road in 

 eierfise, and breathing pure air. Mistaken 

 kuidness will of'ien permit tliem to rest when 

 th»^ journey is over ; but, in my opinion, how- 

 ever much the Horse may have travelled, he 

 *liould have walking exercise the next day. 

 The first fe\y days are of the greatest conse- 

 quence. 



'''he cause of catarrh, according to the doc- 

 trine laid down at the Royal College, is 

 common cold ; but other causes, as I at first 

 mentioned, will produce the same effects, and 

 deserve great attention from every Horse- 

 master. What is called cold, may arise not 

 only from breathing impure air in stables, but 

 from the real appUcatinn of cold, when the 

 Horse is in an excited ^tate, or perspiration, and 

 be allowed to stand in a draft of air. Novv, U 

 cold was the sedative after being heated, it 

 becomes at once a remedy against cold, and 

 therefore checking the perspiration as quick 

 as possible would be proper ; which we all 

 know will induce what is called catarrh, or 

 common cold, sooner than any thing ; the 

 sudden chill produced by returning the blood 

 to the system, has been too much expe- 

 rienced both by man and Horse, for me to 

 animadvert further on the subject. 



In this, as in many other di.-eases of the 

 Horse, cold acts differently upon different 

 subjects ; the injury sustaiiied being in some 

 respects regulated by the degree of heat or 

 perspiration the Horse was in at the time of 

 being exposed to the original cause, some idea 

 may be formed of its probable duration and 

 severity. The effects of cold are not only 

 soon discovered where there is a constant 

 attention and care, but an observation may be 

 very early made to what part it more imme- 



diately directs its attack ; but, in all casca, 

 either of the eyes, throat, or the head, you 

 will perceive it displayed more or less in a 

 cough, or an obstruction in breathing, accord- 

 ing to the severity of the attack. So soon as 

 the Horse is in this state, a symptomatic fever 

 attends, which is to be understood as a de- 

 gree of febrile heat, or irritability, dependent 

 on the original cause, which gradually ceases 

 as the primary disease is found to decline. 



Hence, in this case, bleed moderately, say 

 two or three quarts, not enough to debilitate 

 the animal ; that is according to the animals 

 size, state, and condition. Jn about three 

 hours, give the Horse a bran mash, having 

 first removed all his hay out of the rack. 

 Give an ounce of nitre in his water raorninir 

 and night. Continue this treatment for two 

 or tliree nays, giving occasionally a handful 

 of sweet hay, wetted. This, in many cases, when 

 taken in the early stage will prove successful. 

 Should this treatment not produce the desired 

 effect in the early stages, and the attack has 

 been neglected, and the disorder having 

 made rapid progress, should the cough be 

 violent, and constant, the Horse very dull and 

 heavy, declining all kind of food, and the 

 symptomatic fever run high ; in such cases 

 the symptoms will, perhaps, not immediately 

 submit to the above plan so soon as may be 

 wished or expected; therefore repeat your 

 bleeding in two or three days at farthest, 

 according to the state and necessity, altering 

 the mashes to equal parts of malt and bran, 

 scalded with boiling water ; when nearly cool 

 enough for the manger, stir in it 



Glauber's salts - 2 ounces. 

 Liquorice powder - 1 do. 



Let this be repealed every night and moro- 



