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ive dilatation or rupture of the air-cells of the lungs, 

 which seems to account for the cause and symptoms 

 attending heaves ; the latter, when excessive, after filling 

 the matured and enlarged cells, first employ the former 

 by natural respiration, and then by a greater action of 

 the diaphragm and intercostal muscles expel the air from 

 the diseased portion of the lung; a distended stomach 

 then acting against this difficulty of respiration, heaves 

 follows. When really very bad, there is no cure; but it is 

 not often so bad but that the following treatment will 

 benefit him somewhat, and in ordinary cases a horse will 

 so benefit from it as to be useful for a long time : as soon 

 as the owner notices the symptoms as above, he inquires 

 about his hay, and if he finds it musty and is satisfied 

 from all the attendant symptoms that his horse is heavy, 

 let him try at least to nip the disease in the bud ; if the hay 

 is not musty, have it cut (get a cutting-box at once if you 

 have not one, no stable should be without one). Cut your 

 hay one-half to three-fourths of an inch long, wet that well, 

 and put on a mixture of ship-stuff, or corn-meal, or anything 

 of wheat except the pure bran, I confess to not liking 

 bran for horses, it only irritates the bowels without afford- 

 ing nourishment; or have oats chopped, anything that is 

 nutritious, but feed nothing dry, and change your mode 

 of feeding for a few days at least, until you find the horse 

 more easy, by giving him only the same quantity. But 

 instead of giving it to him in three feeds, divide it into 

 six parts, so that at no time shall his stomach be so dis- 

 tended as to cause inflammation. That done, if you find his 

 respiration regular, return to the three regular feeds, but 

 make all wet, not sloppy, simply wet ; now feed once a 

 day a medium- sized spoonful of pulverized alum, and occa- 

 sionally an amount of ground ginger, say a large spoonful 

 (table spoon). If you find him improving on this treat- 



