DISEASES AND TREATMENT OF THE HOESE. 77 



doses of the above mixture, if he does not get relief, it would be 

 well to give 



Spirits Turpentine 1 ounce, or 4 tablespoonfuls. 



Raw Linseed Oil 1 pint. 



Mix and give as a drench. After the animal is getting better 

 feed well and give regular exercise, and bring the animal gradu- 

 ally back to his regular work. 



RUPTURE OF THE DIAPHRAGM. 



This is rupture of the curtain which separates the lungs from 

 the bowels, and if the rupture is large enough to let the bowels 

 pass through in on the lungs and heart death soon relieves the 

 animal. 



Causes. — Pulling a heavy load up a steep hill, or by high 

 jumping. Sometimes it occurs when the animal is suffering from 

 acute indigestion, when the stomach is full of gas, and in getting 

 up and down sometimes lies down a little too heavy, causing a 

 great strain on the curtain, which causes it to become ruptured. 



Symptoms. — There is a frothy spume comes from the nostrils, 

 breathes very heavy and quick, breaks out in sweat over the body, 

 the pulse runs up very high — sometimes as high as 100 beats per 

 minute — and gets very weak, the animal appears as though it 

 was suffocating, and if the rupture is to any great extent the 

 symptoms gradually get worse, the legs and ears get cold, when 

 death relieves him. 



Treatment. — Not much can be done in this case, only give 

 Laudanum 1 ounce, or 4 tablespoonfuls. 



Mix in a pint of water and give as a drench. This may be 

 given once in a while just to relieve the pain. 



