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difficulty, with an eye single to his comfort and convenience, 

 and proper attention is paid to the wants of nature, the skin kept 

 moist, the bowels loose, the patient having the advantages of a 

 pure atmosphere, then the case, if it is a curable one, is sure to 

 terminate favourably." 



715. — To this we must say from experience that the salt 

 should be very small in quantity, as it has a particularly drying 

 effect on the bronchial tubes, and that grass, swedes, turnips, or 

 carrots, will be found better than too much sloppy food. The 

 horse should have out door exercise, althongh it must be of the 

 most gentle character. If he cannot walk two miles an hour let 

 him walk one, and increase the pace as his tubes improve, but 

 never distress him. 



716. — When a horse is recovering from any of these 

 bronchial diseases, he must get plenty of judicious exercise 

 before he gets any work ; plenty of slow work before he gets 

 any fast work. He can never get fib for fast work by standing 

 in a loose box. The breathing powers require to be gradually 

 strengthened by exercise, even more than the muscles and 

 sinews. 



CATAERH, OB COMMON COLD. 



717. — Attention to the skin, and general comfort of the 

 horse, with wet bran and roots, little hay or corn, and no hard 

 work, is the best thing to be done in this case. 



718. — The nostrils may be cleared out, and the horse made 

 more comfortable by putting a four bushel corn sack on his 

 muzzle, like a very long nose bag. Turn the top of the sack 

 down so that it will not be more than three feet long. Put in 

 the bottom about six quarts of fine saw dust, mixed with two 

 table spoonsful of turpentine. Hang it on the horse's head, so 

 that the muzzle will be about two feet from the saw dust. Then 

 cut a slit in the sack, just above the saw dust, and pour "on the 

 saw dust about two quarts of boiling water, adding more boiling 

 water as it cools. The sack may remain on an hour or more, 

 and may be repeated often. A wet pack will be very beneficial. 



