254 Management and Treatment of the Horse. 



given. The mildest should be first administered, 

 and this is camomile in doses of from one to two 

 drachms ; after a day or two the following may 

 be given : — 



Camomile 2 drachms 



Ginger 2 ,, 



Gentian 2 grains 



Should the animal continue to improve, the diet 

 may be extended, and probably in three or four 

 days it may have a small quantity of corn, which 

 may be increased until its strength is restored, 

 A clean, cool stable is the best means of prevent- 

 ing predisposition to diseases of the lungs, both 

 of which should be scrupulously attended to. 

 The heated air of a stable and the poisonous gas 

 arising from dung and urine prove most injurious 

 to the horse. Bad ventilation and bad drains 

 have much to answer for. 



LOCAL INFLAMMATION. 



The symptoms of local inflammation are red- 

 ness of the parts, heat, pains, and swelling. The 

 redness is induced by the increased flow of blood 

 through the vessels of the parts afi'ected, in con- 

 sequence of the increased action of the blood- 

 vessels. The heat arises from the change gradu-' 

 ally taking place in the flow of the blood passing 

 from the arterial to the venous condition, so that 

 if more blood be propelled through the capillaries, 

 more heat will consequently be produced in that 

 situation. Swelling is induced by the same 

 means as the redness, viz. from a fluid being 



