30 LIST OF SPECIFICS AND REMEDIES. 



that swallowing is attended with pain and diffi- 

 culty the animal " quids " his food, and splashes 

 the water with his muzzle, being afraid to swallow 

 either fluid or solid food. The throat is painful, 

 hot, and swelled on the outside ; the glands are 

 also swelled, hard and painful, and sometimes 

 maturate. The cough is frequent, at times 

 coining on in fits, and breathing is sometimes 

 quite obstructed and difficult. When the disease 

 has lasted some time, the dung is slimy and 

 mixed with blood, and the discharge from the nose 

 is sometimes bloody. 



A common cold may terminate in inflammation 

 of the bronchia or lungs, by extending downwards, 

 or it may be cured, and expend itself merely in the 

 nose and throat. So an influenza may extend and 

 involve the pulmonary tissue, and is far more 

 grave than is usually supposed. 



TREATMENT. When the disease commences 

 with a chill, or any considerable degree of fever 

 is present, give five drops of the Specific for Fever, 

 No. 1, and repeat it two or three times, at intervals 

 of three or four hours. Then alternate the Spe- 

 cific for Cough, No. 5, with the fever medicine, at 

 intervals of three or four hours, until the disease 

 is broken up, and the horse is well. In case of In- 

 fluenza, even with very threatening symptoms, the 

 Specific for Cough, No. 5, and for Fever, No. 1 

 should be given alternately, say every four hours, 

 in doses of five drops, keeping the animal well 

 covered and in a warm stable. After all the fever- 

 ish symptoms have disappeared, only the Cough 

 Specific No. 5 will be required, and the intervals 

 between the doses may be prolonged as the animal 

 improves. In case the discharge from the nose is 

 profuse or thick, and excoriating, one or both the 

 above named remedies may be omitted, and the 



