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the turpentine liniment which is recommended for sore 

 throat in my account of catarrh, at p. 21. Should more 

 counter-irritation still, be required, the throat may be painted 

 with the Acetum Cantharidum, or a regular blister may be 

 employed. For my own part, however, I prefer a sweating 

 blister to these liniments : there is no occasion to remove 

 the hair, and care should be taken not to rub in above a 

 table-spoonful of the liniment of cantharides, lest it cause 

 the skin to peel off. 



In cough unattended by febrile excitement, and 

 which, as far as can be ascertained, of itself constitutes the 

 sole ailment, one of the following balls, from either recipe, 

 may be exhibited morning and evening : — 



H Camphorae, 5ij ; i R Extract. Belladonnae, 3SS ; 

 Pulv. Scillae, 5J ; Farinse, 5SS ; 



Pulv. Opii, 'dj ; j Iperiacae, q. s. 



Glycorrhyi, 5ij. M. ft. Bol. I M. ft. Bol. 



Bruise the camphor with a table- spoonful of spirits of wine ; 

 then add the remaining powders, and make them all into a 

 ball with honey or treacle. 



Before quitting this part of my subject, I would observe, 

 that repose is absolutely necessary for the cure of cough: 

 so long as the horse continues to be taken out, and especi- 

 ally in damp cold weather, so long shall we in vain administer 

 to his cough. Loose in a box, he needs no exercise ; on the 

 contrary, he should be kept quiet, and be warmly clad, with 

 even his legs bandaged with flannel, should the weather at 

 the time prove cold. 



Diet. — Change of food often proves of service to a horse 

 having cough. In summer, green-meat may be substi- 

 tuted for hay, and no corn allowed the while. In winter, 

 in lieu of corn, carrots or turnips, mangel-worzel, potatoes, 

 or parsnips, may be given, properly cut, i. e. sliced. 



In chronic cough — cough that has been neglected and 

 that has from its duration, or habit of relapse, resisted such 

 treatment as above recommended — I have often expe- 

 rienced benefit from the insertion of a seton in the throttle; 

 a practice I often prefer in this case to a rowel under the 



