76 MA.^UAL OF MODERN FArxRIERY. 



Experience must have taught many persons possessing a 

 number of horses, that frequent instances have occurred of 

 horses having been put into a straw-yard perfectly sound, 

 coming out broken-winded. The food aifording but little 

 nutriment, the animals require to keep their stomachs always 

 full, which causes a constant pressure upon the lungs ; and 

 their action being thereby restricted, a violent effort becomes 

 necessary to effect respiration, and hence rupture of the 

 partitions of the air-cells take place. 



In this complaint horses may have inflammatory affec- 

 tions, as well as periodical returns of difficulty of breathing. 

 'vYhen this is the case, bleeding must be resorted to, and 

 iperients used at the same time. These, accompanied by 

 mercury, have been found excellent remedial means of 

 alleviating the disease. The following are the propor- 

 tions : — 



Calomel ... 1 drachm, 

 Aloes ... 2 drachms ; 



these to be made in the form of a ball, and administered 

 twice a week, while the affection continues. 



Various degrees of broken-wind produce certain effects, 

 which have each their technical designations by dealers 

 andjockies. These are — 



ROARI^'G, 



Which is a remnant of improperly treated catarrh. The 

 alleviating remedies — for cure there is none — are gentle 

 exercise, augmented slowly and daily until the animal is 

 brought to the utmost of its power, without manifesting 

 that well-known sound when under exercise or labour. The 

 following drench will be found of considerable benefit when 

 cough accompanies this complaint : — 



