402 CICLOPEDIA OP LIVE STOCK AND COMPLETE STOCK DOCTOR. 



If the fever remains above 104° F. longer than three days give the follow- 

 ing mixture: 



No. 91. }i Ounce sulphate of quinine, 



1 Pint of whisky, 

 Yz Pint of water. 

 Mix. 



Give a wineglassful every two to four hours, alternating wiih the fol- 

 lowing mixture: 



No. 92. 1 Ounce tincture of nux vomica, 



1 Ounce tincture of gentian, 

 Water to make one pint. 

 Mix. 



Give a wineglassful every two to four hours. 



Keep the stahle clean and sprinkle jhioride of lime around it freely once 



a day. Give no exercise till convalescence is well established. 



IX. Heaves. 



The lungs are made up of an innumerable quantity of small air cells, 

 and the lung tissue is capable, to a great exten^, of expelling the air fron? 

 it, and drawing more in by virtue of the ela8ti(;ity and contractility it 

 possesses. Sometimes many of these cells become ruptured into one large 

 cell, which destroys the contractility of that portion of the lung, in which 

 case the diaphragm, ribs and abdominal muscles are brought into use to 

 exi)el the air, giving rise to the second spasmodic, twitching effort seen 

 in the flanks. This condition constitutes heaves, also known as broken 

 wind. 



Causes. — The most common cause is driving too fast, and keeping it up 

 too long when the horse is not in condition — either having his stomach too 

 full and not giving the lungs room, or the lungs themselves are weak 

 from very light work, or entire disuse. Horses fed entirely on dusty 

 Timothy hay, are more subject to it than those fed on prairie hay. A 

 horse is more likely to get the heaves when driven fast against the wind 

 than with it ; the lungs get very full of air, immensely distended by the 

 extra amount taken in, and if kept at that kind of work any length of 

 time, the lung tissue gives way, and a rupture is the consquence. 



How to know it. — Instead of the regular, easy breathing noticed in the 

 flanks, there is a second effort made by the jerking of the muscles of the 

 flank. "When the ear is placed against the side over the lung, a whistling, 

 wheezing sound is usually heard. When once begun it is very apt to 

 increase, and often renders the horse useless. 



What to do. — It is incural)le, but it can be alleviated by careful feed- 

 ing, giving as condensed food as possible, with a view of getting the 

 greatest amount of nourishment in the smallest compass. Wet everything 



