J[14 XAYIN ON THE HOKSE. 



that if this disease would be avoided, the breeder must look to 

 it that his mares have good, large, sound lungs, and that he 

 breed them to horses with such. By this means the first found- 

 ation for consumption will be avoided. In the next ])lace, his 

 habits of work and stable management must be such that the 

 most perfect development of -the lungs will be received, and the 

 horse have the best pure air possible. Attention to the laws 

 of health, as given in another part of this work, will render 

 consumption almost unknown, except in cities. And here the 

 most careful attention to the purity of the air, and proper atten- 

 tion to the horse, is the best that can be done. It can hardly 

 be possible to avoid it entirely in the city. 



After tubercles have once formed in the lungs, and, of course, 

 occupied very much of their space, and advanced to such an 

 •extent as to give rise to those symptoms which are recognized 

 as constituting a case of consumption, we have but the least 

 faith in any thing effecting a cure. We don't believe m it at 

 all And if it were possible, by a course of half a year or a 

 year of treatment, to make a cure— and it certainly could take 

 no less time— would the horse, with a large part of his lungs 

 useless as they certainly would be, be worth the time and ex- 

 pense devoted to him? But, as other and curable diseases 

 may sometimes be mistaken for consumption, a horse supposed 

 to have consumption should be allowed the benefit of reasonable 

 time, and some general alterative treatment. Humanity ^yould 

 dictate as much. I would suggest the following: Let the horse 

 be put on grass, if possible, when the weather will admit of his 

 being out, but be kept up at night in a well-ventilated stable 

 Let him have a feed of oats, meal, or shorts in the morning, and 

 use as an alterative the following prescription : 



Take— Phosphate of lime 2 ounces. 



Powdered blood-root 2 ounces. 



Powdered golden-seal 2 ounces. 



Powdered resin 2 ounces. 



Powdered spikenard 2 ounces. 



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



