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The first resort will be bleeding, as usually the attack is not 

 detected until it has progressed so far that blood-letting is 

 absolutely necessary. By opening the neck vein, much 

 blood is abstracted from the very seat of the disease, and 

 the fever will be considerably lessened in this entire region. 

 Let the blood run until the pulse falters. You are attack- 

 ing the inflammation, not the horse, and there need be no 

 fears about his bleeding to death. 



After this, prepare the following remedy, to be used as a 

 wash : One ounce of chlorate of potash, two ounces of golden 

 seal, and forty grains of tartar emetic. Mix these in one 

 pint of water, and, dividing into nine doses, give three of 

 them daily, each morning, noon, and night. 



Apply the corrosive liniment to the outside of the throat 

 for two mornings, and, if the throat is swelling much, it will 

 abate the symptoms readily. If an abscess is forming, sub- 

 stitute the May-apple liniment. 



In a mild case of sore throat, the bleeding may be omitted, 

 and, also, the corrosive liniment. But use the throat-wash, 

 as directed; and, for three mornings, bathe the under side of 

 the throat and between the jaw bones with a hot decoction 

 of tobacco. 



COUGH. 



!N'early every disease of the respiratory organs is accom- 

 panied by a cough more or less severe. An extreme irrita- 

 bility of the throat, the windpipe, and the lungs, from the 

 effects of disease and the influence of the air upon the sore 

 and inflamed parts, is very commonly a feature of all disor- 

 ders of this class. A cold atmosphere is exceedingly annoy- 

 ing to a sore throat, and, if drawn suddenly into the lungs, is 

 pretty sure to excite a coughing spell. 



In human pathology, one of the most frequent causes of 

 coughing is the enlargement and soreness of the tonsils. 

 These organs are situated on each side of the palate, and pro- 

 ject outwardly and over the glottis (the upper part of the 

 trachea), in the shape of an almond. Located in the tonsils 

 are the small openings of a number of cells, or cavities, from 





