CHAPTER XLII 



DISEASES OF THE THROAT A*ND LUNGS 



^ I^HE most fatal disease among horses, next to colic, 

 -*" is probably pneumonia; and the lungs and throat 

 are always liable to disease when a change of climate 

 occurs, especially a change from the interior to the sea- 

 board. To prevent any such trouble among new ar- 

 rivals it Is well to give the following: 



One-half ounce of quinine and one gill of gin in a 

 pint of water, twice a day for three days. Then drop 

 the quinine for two days, but keep up the gin for ten 

 days; and after the expiration of the two days, renew 

 the quinine for two days more. 



A green horse suffers from homesickness as well 

 as distemper, and nursing and petting will do him more 

 good than any medicine. I have seen the whole ap- 

 pearance of such a horse change after a few minutes' 

 handling and coddling by a sympathetic vet or groom. 



COUGHS AND COLDS 



For cough, caused by a cold, there Is no better remedy 

 than the old-fashioned one of elecampalne. Get the 

 root, and with a knife scrape off about as much as 

 would fill a tablespoon, and give this In the horse's 

 grain two or three times a day. A teaspoonful of 

 chlorate of potash, given in the same way, may perhaps 

 be procured more easily. A horse suffering from a 



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