ASTHMA, OR THICK WIND. 47 



An asthma, or thick wmd, is distinguished by 

 the following symptoms : a quick and short breath- 

 ing ; the flanks heave with a violent and quick, 

 but equal, motion ; if the horse be trotted, or run 

 in the hand, he will wheeze like a person in a fit 

 of asthma. 



This disease is sometimes slow in its advance ; 

 and if remedies are timely employed, may be totally 

 removed. Great attention should always be paid 

 to a horse's wind. If quicker than usual, and 

 apparently arising from an affection of this kind, 

 take two or three quarts of blood from him, or 

 more, if the horse be in good condition, and give 

 him mashes of scalded bran twice a day, for two 

 or three days, and then the following purge. 



(RECIPE, No. 23.) 

 Ball for Thick IVind. 



Take — Tartarised antimony, and calomel, of each one 

 drachm ; 

 Castile soap, and ginger, of each two drachms ; 

 Syrup sufficient to form it into a ball. 



Let this be given at night after he has eaten 

 his mash, and the following purging ball next 

 morning. 



