COMMON COUGH. 109 



Causes. — These have been sufficiently explained in giving 

 the descrij^tion and symptoms. 



Treatment. — This will depend much on the cause of the 

 cough. A clean, dry stable, with fresh, pure air, is very im- 

 portant. In a cough depending on irritation of the air-pas- 

 sages and lungs, following other diseases, give this : 



Take — Tartar emetic 1 ounce. 



Resin 2 ounces. 



Blood-root. .♦ 1 ounce. 



Salts of tartar 2 ounces. 



Ginger 2 ounces. 



Mix, and give a tea-spoonful three times a day, in the feed. 



When the cough results from worms, treat tJie jpatient for 

 worms, and then give the above, if the cough continues. 



When the cough is dependent on derangement of the di- 

 gestive organs, the following may be used: 



Take — Powdered golden-seal 2 ounces. 



Powdered blood-root 2 ounces. 



Powdered pleurisy -root 2 ounces. 



Garlic, cut fine 4 ounces. 



Sulphur 2 ounces. 



Powdered sassafras bark 2 ounces. 



Mix, and give a table-spoonful twice a day, in the feed. 



The horse should not be allowed as much water as he will 

 drink, so that he will more readily drink flax-seed or slij^pery- 

 elm mucilage, which he should have plenty of while the 

 cough continues. 



NASAL GLEET. 



This is a disease of a chronic or continuous character, man- 

 ifesting itself in a very copious discharge from the nostrils, 

 but is not attended by any other of the ordinary symptoms 

 of cold, except in the first stage of the disease. In all other 

 diseases of these parts the glands are affected. 



Si/mjjfoms. — The symptoms of this affection are not numer- 



