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Mix thorougfhly tog^ether and apply around the throat, rub it in 

 well and grease in three days afterwards. If he is not better in a 

 month, blister again. ^ 



SPASMS OF THE MUSCLES OF THE LARYNX OR ADAM'S APPLE. 



This disease is not very often met with but we find it some- 

 times affecting old horses. 



Causes of this disease are not known. 



Symptoms. — -The animal may appear in perfect health when 

 all at once he will be seized with a violent fit of coughing, will 

 reel, stagger, and sometimes even fall to the ground ; after a few 

 minutes it will pass off and the animal will seem as well as ever. 



Treatment. — Give the animal a good dose of physic: 



Bitter Aloes 1 ounce. 



Ginger 1 teaspoonfuL 



Soda 1 



Dissolve in a pint of lukewarm water and give as a drench, and 



allow the animal to stand quiet the next day after giving this 



drench ; follow up after this with a teaspoonful of bromide of 



potash every morning in his feed. 



BLEEDING FROM NOSE (EPISTAXIS). 



This disease is not so commonly met with in horses as it is 

 in man. 



Causes. — It is generally the result of some injury, or in 

 running or fast trotting horses when they are put to violent 

 exertion, rupturing some of the blood vessels in the nose ; it is 

 also more frequently met with in horses in high condition. 



Symptoms. — How to tell whether the blood just comes from 

 the nose or from the lungs. If the blood comes from both nostrils 

 it is generally from the lungs, while if the bleeding is from the 

 nose it is usually onlv from one nostril. You can also tell by 

 putting your ear to the windpipe and listening, if it is coming from 

 the lungs you can tell by the gurgling sound heard in the lungs ; 

 if it is in the nose you will not hear this sound in the lungs. 

 When the blood is coming from the lungs the breathing is" affected, 

 which is not the case when bleeding from the nose. 



Treatment. — if not bleeding very much bathe with cold water 

 until it stops, but if bleeding much plug the nostrils witli cotton 

 batting saturated with white lotion and remove in twelve hours. 

 BLEEDING OF THE LUNGS (H/EMOPTYSIS). 



This Is generally a symptom of some other disease, but it may 

 come on, in a horse in high condition and not n^^ed to work, by 



