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Mix in a pint of cold water, shake well and give as a drench. 

 Give a drench every two or three hours until he seems relieved. 

 If the animal is very weak, instead of this, it is best to give 



Whisky '. 1 wine glass full. 



Ale or Beer i pint. 



Give every three hours until he seems relieved, then proceed 

 with the following : 



Saltpetre or Nitrate of Potash i pound. 



Tartar Emetic i pound. 



Ground Gentian Root i round. 



Mix thoroughly and give a teaspoonful three times a day. 

 Feed soft feed with a little boiled flax seed to keep the bowels 

 free, give cold water in small quantities, but often, which will 

 have a good effect on the throat; apply mustard or hot cloths 

 wrung out of hot water to the chest, clothe the body well, accord- 

 ing to the season of the year, and see that the animal has pure air 

 to breathe without being in a draft. In all lung diseases be care- 

 ful in drenching so as not to choke the animal. 

 BROKEN WIND OR HEAVES. 



It is similar to asthma in man. 



Causes. — It is generally seen in horses that are ravenous feeders 

 and overload the stomach and are inclined to carry a large belly. 

 This affects the stomach, and the same nerve that helps to supply 

 the stomach with nerve power also helps to supply the lungs; 

 this is how we account for it affecting the lungs when the 

 stomach is affected. The kinds of bod that are apt to produce it 

 are inferior foods, such as musty hay (clover hay being the worst), 

 or musty oats, or it may be caused from a neglected cold. This 

 disease is rarely found in cavalry horses as they are fed on the 

 very best of food. 



Symptoms. — This disease is easily detected when it is well 

 established. There is a peculiar way of breathing, a long 

 inspiration followed by a short expiration and a jerking motion at 

 the flank ; the nostrils are enlarged and the muscles of the belly 

 come into play greatly in this disease. On a damp, hot, sultry 

 day the symptoms are greatly increased, and may become very 

 alarming, and you might be led to think that the animal was 

 suffering from inflammation of the lungs ; but when you examine 

 the pulse you will find it beating about natural. In heaves 

 there is a loud, hacking, painful, internal cough which seems 

 to come from the lungs ; this is noticed more after eating or 



