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CHRONIC COUGH, ETC. 



CHAPTER XXII. 



CHRONIC COUGH, ETC. 



As it occurs very often after eating, the seat of disease is 

 evidently in the lung, with distended stomach and a press- 

 ure on the diaphragm, and that on the lung; they forming 

 some congestion are not able to transmit the air, and in 

 violent efforts to discharge their functions irritation is 

 caused and cough follows. Short-cut feeds, but little hay, 

 anything to keep him cool, and feeding little at a time 

 and often. 



Spasmodic Colic may come on at any time, even when 



THE FIRST STAGE OF SPASMODIC COLIC. 



you are out riding or driving. I have on several occa- 

 sions met friends on the road with their horse out of the 

 shafts, harness off, and the animal in agony, rolling about 

 the road ; knowing me they would hail my appearance, 

 with a hope of getting home with their horse sooner 

 than expected. In such a case the most efficacious 



