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BROKEN WIND. 



THE ATTACK AND DEFENSE. 



abdomen. In this disease there is a short dry cough, which is 

 characteristic, and familiar to all practised ears. 



It is a singular fact, well known to all 

 Western horse-owners, that this disease has 

 no existence on the prairies of 

 Indiana, Illinois, and other 

 ^ Western States ; and broken- 

 K^ winded horses that have 

 been taken to those sec- 

 tions soon get well, and re- 

 main so. 



The symptoms of this dis- 

 ease are, a peculiar, double- 

 bellows motion of the flanks ; respiration quicker than natural ; 

 a short peculiar cough ; and frequent passing of wind. 



In its treatment the digestive organs should be kept in as 

 healthy a condition as possible. The throat should be ex- 

 amined ; and if by merely rubbing the sides of the throat a 

 cough is excited, the chances for a cure are favorable ; but if 

 the windpipe requires a squeeze in order to produce the cough, 

 there is little use in attempting a cure. Use upon the throat 

 three times a week for five or six weeks the following salve well 

 rubbed in ; iodine ointment two ounces ; blue (mercurial) oint- 

 ment one ounce; mix well together, and make thin with oil. 

 Give internally every night one of the following powders : of 

 sulphate of copper and pulverized ginger, each one ounce; pul- 

 verized gentian root two ounces ; divide into sixteen powders. 

 The benefits of this course of treatment have been very marked 

 in the author's practice. In all cases no hay should be allowed, 

 but wheat or oat straw will be found of great advantage. 



