128 THE IMPROVED ART OF FARRIERY. 



Corrosive Sublimate - - 2 drachms, 



Basilicon _ . - - 5 ounces. 

 Or, 



Buttyr of Antimony - - 4 drachms. 



Oil of Turpentine - --2^ ounces. 

 Melt any of these in a ladle of iron, and when hot pour 



the liquid into the cavity, and after a few days dress 



the wound with mild ointment ; if the first application 

 does not answer, scald again. 



COUGHS, AND CHRONIC COUGHS. 



The action of coughing arises from a sudden and vio- 

 lent effort of the abdominal muscles, together with 

 those of the ribs and the diaphragm, uniting for the in- 

 tent of forcibly ejecting any substance or fluid which 

 may have gathered in the air-passages, and which, 

 passing from the larynx dowm the trachea, would irri- 

 tate the lungs and obstruct the respiration. 



There are many diseases, such as glanders, broken- 

 wind, consumption, &c., to which a cough is generally 

 allied, but in any of the cases the removal of the ori- 

 ginal complaint is the best means of subduing any 

 affection of the air-passages. A chronic cough, how- 

 ever, will sometimes exist apart from all other disease, 

 when the horse will eat well, and even look in good 

 condition, showing its symptoms more frequently in the 

 morning and evening, and generally after drinking; 

 and thus it has been known harmlessly to exist during 

 the whole term of the animal's life ; while, sometimes, 

 it has proved exceedingly hurtful. 



Causes. — -When not dependant on any particular dis- 



