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separably to the disease which produced it, and occasionally 

 even remains after that disease has been utterly routed. 

 Only those cases which are lingering or chronic will require 

 special directions for treatment, as all others wdll yield to the 

 remedies that cure the diseases in which they originated. 



Tke proper time to begin the treatment of a cough which 

 makes its appearance as one of the fruits of exposure and 

 colds, is at its earliest development. The first time the horse 

 is heard to cough, notice should be taken. of the fact, and its 

 cause be investigated at once and diligently. If it proves to 

 be occasioned simply by dust or chaft*, nothing will be re- 

 quired but to give the animal a drink of water. On the other 

 hand, should it be from a cold or sore throat, active treatment 

 should be begun forthwith. Put the ear to the throat, near the 

 jaw-bone, to ascertain whether any rattling of the larynx or 

 the glottis can be detected; and note carefully whether the 

 horse, in drinking, gulps his water and straightens his neck 

 after swallowing, as though it hurt him. Such symptoms as 

 either of these indications constitute must not be neglected. 



Extract from the jugular or neck vein three quarts of 

 blood. Then prepare as follows: One table-spoonful of gun- 

 powder, one of soft soap, two of lard, one of tar, and one of 

 gum myrrh, finely pulverized. Mix this well, and divide into 

 six doses. Each morning put one of them down the horse's 

 throat with a paddle or spoon, and at night drench him with 

 half a gill of the solution of chlorate of potash — one ounce 

 of the chlorate of potash to a pint of water. 



After this, if he stands in the stable, give as much sulphur 

 and resin as he can be induced to eat; but if in time of 

 pasture, green grass will be the best" thing in the world for 

 hina. 



In the spring of the year, bleeding may not be necessary, 

 unless the horse's condition is very bad. In a mild case, the 

 faithful use of the throat medicine, with a careful bathing 

 of the throat, for two or three successive mornings, with the 

 hot decoction of tobacco, will nearly always remove the 

 cough. But in the winter, the* case will be pretty sure to be 



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