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blood, caused from the rupture of one of the valves in the heart, 

 and also you will see the ruptured valve. 



PALPITATION OF THE HEART. 



This is weakness of the heart. 



Causes. — It generally comes after weakening- diseases, such 

 as the fevers of the horse, lung troubles, or dropsy of the heart. 



Symptoms. — The animal will be very weak, and you can hear 

 the heart thumping in its cavity; the symptoms will be greatly 

 increased when the animal is excited. His pulse will be very 

 quick and weak, and in this state the animal will be unable to do 

 any work. 



Treatment. — Keep the animal quiet and strengthen the system 

 as much as you can by good food, and give him the following 

 tonic medicine which acts as a tonic to the heart and system in 

 general : 



Pulverized Digitalis ^ pound. 



Ground Gentian Root i " 



Powdered Nux Vomica ^ " 



Ground Sulphate of Iron | ' • 



Mix thoroughly and give a teaspoonful three times a day in 

 his feed or on his tongue with a spoon. 



II. DISEASES OF THE ARTERIES. 



TUMOR (ANEURISM). 



This is a diseased state of the walls of an artery. 



Causes. — The causes are unknown. 



Symptoms. — This disease often goes on in the artery unknown 

 until the diseased part of the artery will give way ; if it is intern- 

 ally, and a large artery, he will bleed to death very quickly ; if it 

 is a small artery in the muscles he will not bleed to death, but you 

 will notice a large swelling appear suddenly around the diseased 

 part of the artery, and the artery will bleed until it is stopped by 

 clotting and pressure from the muscles and skin. The animal will 

 be a little weak, but the swelling will not be sore, and pressing on 

 it you can tell there is a fluid in it. 



Treatment. — Allow the fluid to remain in the swelling two or 

 three days^ until you are sure the artery has stopped bleeding, 

 .hen, with a sTiarp knife, open into the lower part of the swelling ; 

 make a big cut into it, and remove all the clotted blood, then take 

 a large syringe and wash out all the blood with luke warm 

 water with a few drops of carbolic acid in it. After this, bathe 



