158 HOW TO EDUCATE HORSES. 



A liniment applied to the limbs and well hand-rubbed 

 will assist very materially. The patient will bear 

 watching for some time after he seems to be well; he 

 will easily take cold. " Take care" is the first word of 

 command, or "a stitch in time saves nine." 



SORE THROAT OR DISTEMPER. 



Causes. — Severe and sudden colds; changes in the 

 weather. Different authors have many different ideas 

 as to the origin. 



Symptoms. — The horse seems dumpish and drives 

 very dull, hangs his head, refuses to eat or drink. As 

 the glands of the throat are swollen and tender, the 

 tonsils are inflamed, throat seems dry, generally 

 reaches the lung. If so, takes longer to rid the ani- 

 mal of this troublesome disease. 



Treatment. — Either apply a sweating liniment to 

 the glands, or, better still, make a good paste of 

 mustard and rub well in from the root of the ear, 

 down both sides of his neck and over the glands, and 

 cover over with a hood; repeat in two days if neces- 

 sary. Give all the cold water he will drink, soft 

 water preferable. Soft food, bran mash three times a 

 day, little hay and well dampened, clothe warm, little 

 exercise, together v/ith plenty of flax seed mucilage- 

 say to one pound of whole flaxseed add from four to 

 six quarts of boiling water; when cold, give at least a 

 quart of the tea and seeds in mash, with a powder 

 composed of pulv. capsicum 4 oz., pulv. elecampane 

 4 oz., pulv. gentian 4 oz., pulv. anise 4 oz., mix and 

 divide in sixteen powders, morning and evening. 

 If a severe case, give four powders a day at intervals, 

 say three hours apart ; you can give in a drench. 

 Take a fork handle, say four feet long, bore a small 

 hole large enough to admit a piece of clothes-line for 



