2i8 THE HORSE 



over a beam or other projection above the head of the 

 horse. The head should not be held too high, for 

 then the dose may go down the windpipe instead of 

 the throat, and so pass into the lungs, and drown the 

 horse. Many a horse has been killed in that way, and 

 the danger is even greater when an attempt is made 

 to dose the horse through the nostrils. 



If the horse should begin to cough while you are 

 dosing him, let down his head at once, for the coughing 

 means that the liquid is going the wrong way — that 

 is, into the windpipe instead of the stomach. Trau- 

 matic pneumonia is often caused by careless drenching. 



