ROAEING.] 



THE HOESE, AND 



[eoaeinq. 



the maslies to equal parts of malt and bran, 

 scalded with boiling water. When nearly 

 cool enough for the manger, stir in it— 



: oz. 

 do. 



Glauber Salts .... 

 Liquorice, powdered . 



Let this be repeated every night and morning, 

 continuing the noonday feed dry, and the nitre 

 as before. Good grooming and gentle exer- 

 cise must not be neglected. 



It should be remembered, that cough, or 

 colds, thus treated, before they have been 

 suftered by neglect or. penury to become obdu- 

 rate by long standing, generally submit to a 

 very small degree of trouble or expense ; whilst 

 tardiness in procuring expeditious relief, is 

 often productive of evils that no future as- 

 siduity can relieve. A critical discharge at 

 the nostrils may come on, which may termi- 

 nate either in chronic cough, brolcen wind, in- 

 flamed lungs, or even in glanders. To obviate 



these misfortunes, if they do occur, give a 

 dozen of the following balls, not neglecting the 

 nitre in the water : — 



Turkey Figs ...... 4 oz. 



Liquorice, powdered . , . . 4 do. 



Aniseed 4 do. 



Ginger „ . 1 do. 



Caraway Seed, powdered . p . 1 do. 

 Honey sufficient to form into a mass. 

 Divide into eighteen balls, and give one every 

 morning. 



To say precisely in what time the cure will 

 be completed, is impossible ; but this method of 

 treatment is strongly recommended. 



The treatment for cough, at the Eoyal 

 Veterinary College, is — 



Cape Aloes . .... 1 drachm. 



Linseed Meal, about ... 2 do. 

 Soft soap to form the ball. 

 Give one every morning. Sometimes a dram 

 oi 4ijgitalia is combined with the above. 



CHAPTER XXVIL 



COUGHS ; PvOARTXr, ; CHRONIC COUGH ; THICK WIND ; BROKEN WIND. 



ROARING. 



Tub horse is very subject to this disease, 

 especially carriage-horses, and particularly 

 those of the Yorkshire breed, whose fine up- 

 standing height, of from sixteen to eighteen 

 hands, and their long necks, cause them to 

 be sought after in London for the carriage. 

 In driving them, the coachman is enabled to 

 shorten his bearing-rein to any length he 

 thinks proper, and thereby bring his horses' 

 necks into a beautiful curve. This is done 

 to exhibit thein in style, or what these knights 

 of the whip call, bringing them out in form, 

 though, by such means, the disease called 

 roaring is produced. In many cases where 

 this disease exists, it is exceedingly unpleasant 

 to hear the noise the horse makes every time 

 he breathes ; indeed, in some cases, it is so 

 distressing, that from exertion the animal will 

 fall ; yet, this tight bearing-rein must be used. 

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Let U3 here, however, explain what it is that 

 principally is the cause of this complaint. 



Roaring is occasioned by anything that ob- 

 structs the air-passages, or, in other words, 

 anything that impedes the air from passing up 

 and down from and to the lungs. Inflammation 

 of the fine secreting membrane which lines the 

 windpipe, will frequently produce it, from an 

 alteration of the arterial action, by which an 

 effusion of coagulable matter may be thrown 

 out, and become organised, and, in consequence, 

 remain as a permanent obstruction to the pas- 

 sage. Inflammation of the lungs will also some- 

 times occasion it ; strangles also will, by pro- 

 ducing getieral inflammation round the throat, 

 frequently cause it. But the most painful 

 cause of roaring is, the tight reining-in of 

 carriage-horses, by which the windpipe be- 

 comes distorted, or, in other words, contracted 

 and diseased. The horse, in his natural state, 



