CHOKING. 59 



Chest Diseases. — The diseases of the chest are many 

 and important. In it are the heart, lungs, and great blood- 

 vessels. The diseases of these organs will be found under 

 Inflammation of the lungs, or Lung Fever, Pleurisy, 

 Coughs, Bronchitis, and Glanders. 



Chest Founder. — (See Founder.) 



Chilblains. — (See Frost-Bites.) 



Chill. — This term means a shiver, as if the horse were 

 cold. This is the way many diseases and fevers are ush- 

 ered in. If the chill be checked soon, it will stop, in 

 many cases,, the disease that was forming. For this j^ur- 

 pose, give twenty drops of the tincture of aconite root in a 

 wine-glassful of water, and pour down the throat, out of a 

 short-necked bottle ; cover the body with a blanket, and rub 

 the legs to bring the circulation to the surface of the body, 

 and all will be well. 



Choking, — Choking very rarely occurs in horses; very 

 frequently in cattle. If choking should occur in the horse, 

 there is little chance or hope of saving his life, if he be a 

 spirited animal, and the substance be high in the gullet. 

 In a very extensive practice, embracing many years, I have 

 never seen a case of choking in the horse, except on a few 

 occasions, and then it was only a ball of aloes sticking in 

 the throat. If a ball of any thickness stick in its passage 

 to the stomach, and it have passed down some distance, it 

 is called low choke, and is not so dangerous as if it stick in 

 the entrance to the gullet — high choke. 



Treatment. In low choke press down with the hand over 

 the substance in the gullet, and try to move it. -Do this 

 not too strongly, but continue it for a time. If unsuccess- 

 ful, one pint of fish, sweet, or linseed oil, melted lard, or 



