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horse seldom lies down and almost refuses to move about, and crouches 

 beneath pressure made over the kidneys, as shown in the engraving. 

 This disease is sometimes confounded with colic, which see. 



Treatment. Do not give any diuretics, as they will do more harm 

 than good. Use hot fomentations over the kidneys, and change the 

 cloths often. In the first stage, give twenty to forty-five grs. of pow- 

 dered opium, and fifteen grs. of calomel, sprinkled on the tongue, and 

 repeat every hour or two, for a few times, or while the acute stage con- 

 tinues. No food will be necessary during the acute stage of the disease, 

 but it would be well to set before the horse a pailful of good linseed tea 

 and allow him to drink all he will. If the pulse is quick and hard, as is 

 usually the case, give twenty drops of tincture of aconite root, either 

 between doses of opium and calomel or after it has been given, and re- 

 peat until the pulse becomes slower and softer. Give the horse a 

 month's rest, and use carefully for some time. 



lAMENESS. It occurs as a symptom in spavin, ring-bone, bruises, 

 sprains, fractures, and many wounds and injuries, which we treat of in 

 their proper places. We do not know of any remedy which equals 

 Kendall's Spavin Cure, for lameness of every kind, and it is equally 

 good for lameness on man. 



LAMPERS. (Written also, Lampass.) A swelling of some of the 

 lower bars of a horse's mouth; so named because formerly removed by 

 burning with a lamp or hot iron. 



Treatment. Pinch or cut the bars until they bleed, and then rub in a 

 little table salt, which is much better than burning the mouth with a 

 red hot iron. 



LUNGS, DISEASES OF. The lungs are subject to many diseases. 



Pneumonia. (Lung fever.) In this disease the substance of the 

 lungs is inflamed, instead of the air passages, as in bronchitis. 



Symptoms. The horse will often- 

 times, have a discharge from the 

 nostrils, following a sudden ex- 

 posure to cold, after being kept in 

 a warm stable, and then the disease 

 is ushered in by a chill, followed 

 by fever, which is increased for a 

 short time; cold legs and ears, 

 quick and wiry pulse, quick and 



dillicult breathing, pain in the chest, "^""^^^l^^^"^ 

 which is aggravated by coughing, 

 and a quivering of the muscles of 

 the side and breast. 



The horse will not eat, and oontinually stands with his bead down, 



COMMENCEMENT OF INFLAMMATION 

 OF THE LUNGS. 



