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HORSE— DISEASES AND REMEDIES. 



enormous doses, and is then dangerous. 

 It is, however, excellent, given in clysters 

 of weak gruel, which, by the way, except 

 where very searching and thorough purg- 

 ing is required, as in cases of mange or 

 grease, is by far the safest, most agreea- 

 ble and mildest way of purging the horse 

 and evacuating his bowels. Where, how- 

 ever, his intestines are overloaded with 

 fat, where he shows signs of surfeit, or 

 where it is necessary to prepare him to 

 undergo some great change of system, as 

 from a long run at grass to a hot stable, 

 or vice versa, a mild course of two or 

 three doses of physic, with a clear inter- 

 val of a week between the setting of one 

 dose and the giving of another, is neces- 

 sary, and cannot be properly dispensed 

 with. 



HORSE, Cough, Chronic in.— By this 

 term is understood a cough that comes on 

 without any fever or evidences of the 

 horse having taken cold. It differs in 

 •this respect from chronic bronchitis, which 

 generally supervenes upon the acute form, 

 and is always attended in the early stage 

 by feverishness. It appears probable that 

 chronic cough is dependent upon an un- 

 natural stimulus to the mucous mem- 

 brane, for it almost always makes its 

 appearance when much corn is given 

 without due preparation, and ceases on a 

 return to green food. It is, therefore, 

 very commonly termed a stomach cough. 

 The symptoms are all summed up in the 

 presence of a dry cough, which is seldom 

 manifested while in the stable, but comes 

 on whenever the breathing is hastened by 

 any pace beyond a walk. Two or three 

 coughs are then given, and the horse per- 

 haps is able to go on with his work, but 

 after resting for a few minutes, and again 

 starting, it comes on again, and annoys 

 the rider or driver by its tantalizing prom- 

 ise of disappearance followed by disap- 

 pointment. Very often this kind of cough 

 is caused by the irritation of worms, but 

 any kind of disorder of the digestive or- 

 gans appears to have the power of pro- 

 ducing it. The usual treatment for 

 chronic bronchitis seems here to be quite 

 powerless, and the only plan of proceed- 

 ing likely to be attended with success, is 

 to look for the cause or the irritation, 

 and remove it. Sometimes this will be 

 found in a hot stable, the horse having 

 .previously been accustomed to a cool 



one. Here the alteration of the temper- 

 ature by ten or fifteen degrees will in a 

 few days effect a cure, and nothing else 

 is required. Again, it may be that the 

 corn has been over-done, in which case a 

 gentle dose of physic, followed by a di- 

 minished allowance of corn, and a bran- 

 mash twice a week, will be successful. If 

 the stomach is much disordered, green 

 food will be the best stimulus to a healthy 

 condition, or in its absence a few warm 

 cordial balls may be tried. The existence 

 of worms should be ascertained in doubt- 

 ful cases, and if they are present, the 

 proper remedies must be given for their 

 removal. Linseed oil and spirits of tur- 

 pentine, which are both excellent worm 

 remedies, are highly recommended in 

 chronic cough, and whether or not their 

 good effect is due to their antagonism to 

 worms, they may be regarded as specially 

 useful. 



A very successful combination is the 

 following mixture: 



HORSE, Costiveness.. — Ordinary cases 

 can generally be conquered without 

 medicine, by diet, such as hop or bran 

 mashes, green meat and carots; but 

 where it is obstinate, the rectum should be 

 cleared of dry fceces by passing the naked 

 arm, well greased, up the anus; and the 

 bowels should be then thoroughly evacu- 

 ated by clysters of thin gruel, with half an 

 ounce of Barbadoes aloes, or half a 

 pound of Epsom salts dissolved in it. If 

 the patent syringe be used the injection 

 will reach the colon and ccecum, and dis- 

 pose them also to evacuate their con- 

 tents. 



Take of Spirits of Turpentine - - 2 ounces. 

 Mucilage of Acacia - - 6 ounces. 

 Gum Ammoniacum - - % ounce. 

 Laudanum ----- 4 ounces. 



Water ------- 2 quarts. 



Mix, and give half-a-pint as a drench every night: 

 the bottle must be well shaken before pouring 

 out the dose. 



HORSE. Laryngitis, Roaring, Whist- 

 ling, etc., in. — One of the most common 

 diseases among well-bred horses of the 

 present day is the existence of some me- 

 chanical impediment to the passage of 

 the air into the lungs, causing the animal 

 to " make a noise." The exact nature of 

 the sound has little or no practical bear- 

 ing on the cause that produces it ; that is 

 to say, it cannot be predicated that roar- 

 ing is produced by laryngitis; nor that 



