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which he may happen to be, and turn him loose into a box 

 of the temperature of 55 deg. of Fah., and take care that he 

 have an ample bed, clean and dry, and free from impurities. 

 In cold weather clothe him warmly, and, if required, flannel- 

 bandage his legs. Give him nothing to eat for the first two 

 days but sloppy bran-mashes, and as he probably evinces 

 signs of sore throat, let him have linseed tea or gruel, or 

 chilled water to drink : a pailful of either beverage being hung 

 up within his box, so that he may partake of it at pleasure. 

 Encourage any flux there may be from his nostrils by steam- 

 ing them twice or thrice a-day either with scalded. bran in a 

 hair nose-bag, or by holding the patient's head over a tub or 

 pail containing hay upon which boiling water has been 

 poured; an operation rendered still more eff'ectual by envelop- 

 ing the head and steaming vessel altogether within a linen 

 cloth or bag open at both ends, which thus becomes a con- 

 duit for the steam into the nose. Should he have any cough 

 or soreness of throat, let the throttle be rubbed with this 

 volatile liniment : — 



R Liquor Atnmoniae ; 01. Olivse, aa ^ij ; 



Misce et adde Saponis Mollis, j ; 



01. Terebinthiuae, jij. 

 M. et bene agite. 



Should the excrement prove hard and dark-coloured, let 

 an enema of soft soap and tepid water be given, and repeated 

 daily until, through it or a mash diet (without hay) to which 

 for the first day or two the horse should be confined, the 

 excrement becomes pultaceous. The steaming may be 

 practised twice a day, and the hniment may be once 

 repeated; but not a second time, lest it cause the hair to 

 come off. In this simple manner, by strict confinement to 

 stable — or rather box, which is preferable — with warm 

 clothing, a slight cold may be in two or three or four days 

 got rid of; but — 



In severe catarrh, in which there is fever, and perhaps 

 some embarrassment in the breathing, strict abstinence from 

 both hay and corn should, for the first two days, be enjoined; 



