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causing pressure upon the lungs and heart, interfering with 

 the action of both, and causing a determination of blood to 

 the head, producing stupor, with a tendency to pitch for- 

 ward, resting the head against a tree or any object which 

 may be in his way ; the head often becomes bruised and 

 cut by coming in contact with hard and rough objects ; 

 the bowels are constipated, the pulse full and slow, res- 

 piration disturbed, etc. 



Treatment. — Give the purging ball recommended in 

 inflammation of the brain, and bleed freely from the jugu- 

 lar vein ; give no food for forty-eight hours. This is all 

 the treatment the animal requires. As soon as the bowels 

 are opened the animal is relieved. Care should be used 

 after recovery not to allow the animal too much proven- 

 der, and keep the bowels in good order, as a preventive of 

 subsequent attacks. 



POLL-EVIL. 



This disease is said to arise from blows upon the head 

 behind the ears, in going in or out of stables with low 

 doors, pulling upon the halter, etc. Such injuries in ani- 

 mals whose blood is in a bad condition will cause poll-evil ; 

 but it cannot live in a healthy system. The author's ex- 

 perience convinces him that the disease oftener arises from 

 hereditary causes than from any other, having met with, 

 on several occasions, two or three unbroken colts, from the 

 same mare, affected with this disease, proving beyond a 

 doubt the ready transmission of the disease from parent 

 to offspring. 



Treatment. — The blood must be thoroughly purified 

 before a cure can be effected. Give the following powder ; 

 pulverized sulphur, one pound; black antimony in pow- 

 der, one-half pouad ; mix together ; dose, one table-spoon- 



