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and wheaten flour. A liberal quantity of salt * must be mixed 

 with this description of food, for it not only aids digestion, but 

 abstracts fluids from the body, and thus creates a desire for other 

 fluids. Now, the abstraction of the morbid fluids of the body, and 

 the substitution of water to supply the loss, must be beneficial ; 

 for, literally speaking, it cleanses the body by infiltration, the 

 whole body being considered cellular. Aqueous drinks, which 

 include water and hay tea, are rapidly absorbed without under- 

 going digestion, and are therefore indicated in all cases of diseased 

 lungs, whether salt be used or not. 



For the medicinal treatment of this disease we recommend 



Phosphate of lime, 

 Powdered bloodroot, ^\ 



" goldenseal, J 



" slippery elm, 1 pound. 



Mix ; and divide the mass into twenty -four powders ; one to be 

 given in the food every night. 



This compound is best adapted to the disease after it has 

 made some progress ; but in the incipient or early stage, and pro- 

 vided the patient be not the subject of debility, the following will 

 be best adapted to the case : — 



Powdered bloodroot, ^ 



" ipecacuanha, > of each 1 ounce. 

 " lobelia, j 



Mix : divide the mass into twelve parts, and sprinkle one in the 

 food night and morning. These powders may be continued as 

 long as the horse shows signs of strength and spirits ; they are 

 calculated to nauseate and debilitate, and no fear need be enter- 

 tained from the horse showing but slight symptoms of debility or 

 shortness of breath, which may follow their use. 



During the various stages of the disease, the horse should be 

 occasionally drenched with an infusion of one of the following 

 articles: liverwort, skunk cabbage, hoarhound, Solomon's seal, 

 or tansy. 



Warmth and moisture, in the form of a steam bath, and the 



* Salt consists of muriatic acid and soda ; the former is the essential ingre- 

 dient in the gastric juice, whilst the latter performs a very important part in 

 the production of bile. 



