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internal cough which seems to come from the lungs; this is 

 noticed more after eating or drinking; it is noticed, too, 

 particularly after being brought out of the stable in the 

 morning, but after working a while it will not be so bad. 

 If this disease is suspected when examining for soundness, 

 give a good feed, a pail of water and a good gallop. If 

 affected it can then be noticed plainly. In some cases it can 

 be relieved for a short time by giving a large dose of Flem- 

 ing's tincture of aconite, 10 to 15 drops in a drench, mixed 

 with a pint of raw linseed oil. This is sometimes done by 

 horse traders to relieve the animal while trading, and in some 

 cases they even pour shot into him, which relieves him for a 

 time. Five drop? of juice of premania on the tongue will 

 also relieve the case for five or six hours. 



Treatment. — When heaves once get well established it is 

 incurable, but it can be helped by careful feeding. Feed 

 regularly, and give lots of oats to eat and very little hay, so 

 as to keep him gaunt. Water often — four or five times a 

 day — not more than a pail at a time, and never allow him to 

 get a large feed of hay or a large drink of water at a time. 

 The best treatment of medicine is to give first a physic of 

 from 8 to 10 drams of bitter aloes dissolved in a pint of 

 water, with a tablespoonful of ginger and soda given as a 

 drench, and to allow him to stand in the stable for a day; 

 this will clean his bowels and stomach out. After this feed 

 carefully and give of the following mixture: 



Ground Gum Camphor % pound- 

 Powdered Nux Vomica , % pound. 



Bicarbonate Soda J4 pound. 



Nitrate of Potash or Saltpetre Y^ pound. 



Elecampane % pound. 



Mix well and give a teaspoonful three times a day in his 

 feed, or on the tongue with a spoon. 



17. Pleurodynia. 



This is a rheumatic condition of the muscles around the 

 chest. It is not very common. 



Cause. — Exposure to cold when the animal is recovering 

 from pleurisy or other weakening lung diseases is the most 

 frequent cause. 



Symptoms. — There is great pain and difficulty in breath- 

 ing, showing symptoms somewhat similar to pleurisy. Press 

 on the sides and he shows even more indication of pain than 



