COLDS AND COUGHS. 39 



of treacle ; half a pint of common sweet 

 oil. 

 Mix them all together, and apply them as di- 

 rected for Clyster (No. 12, p. 29). 



If this clyster, or the afore-mentioned ones, 

 should not have the desired effect, it will be pro- 

 per to give the drink (No. 14, p. 32) ; and if the 

 animal be not better in the course of five or six 

 hours after, give him the drink (No. 17, p. 36), 

 and treat him as for the inflammatory colic. 



CHAP. IX. 



OF COLDS AND COUGHS. 



Catarrh, or cold, is a complaint well under- 

 stood by those persons who are accustomed to 

 horses, and requires but little description. Colds 

 are the effect of an obstructed perspiration, in- 

 ducing an inflammatory action in the mucous 

 membrane of the nose, throat, or windpipe, with 

 an increased secretion of mucus from these parts, 

 and is frequently accompanied with symptoms of 

 fever. After a horse has taken cold, he is some- 

 times seized with slight shiverings ; eyes appear 

 heavy, dull, or inflamed; watery discharge from 

 the eyes and nose; cough. Catarrhs are almost 

 always occasioned by sudden or imprudent transi- 



