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Treatment. — Place the animal in a comfortable box stall and 

 have his limbs rubbed vigorously for some time. lie should be 

 well clothed. Sweet spirits of nitre, in two-ounce doses, should be 

 given and repeated in two hours. AVhiskev, or alcohol in any of 

 its forms, may be given, and enemas should be given. Cloths 

 wrung out of hot water may be applied to the sides. One to two 

 ounces of the tincture of arnica is recommended by Prof. "Wil- 

 liams. "Whiskey and gentian may be given during convalescence. 

 The food should be good, and should consist of anything the ani- 

 mal will take. Some of the preparations mentioned in this work 

 should be used. 



CATARRH. 



This is simply a common cold — a running at the nose. 



Symptoms. — Sneezing, watering of the eyes, dryness of the 

 mucous membrane of the nose, succeeded by a discharge, at first 

 thin and colorless, which soon becomes yellowish-white and pro- 

 fuse. 



Causes. — Alterations in temperature, hot, ill-ventilated sta- 

 bles, exposure to wet, a sudden change of temperature. If the 

 cold be neglected, a catarrhal inflammation is apt to spread from 

 the nose over the Avhole surface of the respirators^ membrane. 



Treatment. — This is simple, if in time. Place the animal in 

 a comfortable, loose box, well ventilated. Clothe the body and 

 give good food. The animal should be made to inhale steam by 

 holding its head over a Inicket of hot water, at the same time stir- 

 ring the water with a wisp of hay. A few doses of the nitrate of 

 potash in the usual amounts arc beneficial. In more severe cases 

 nitrous aether, one ounce; potassium nitrate, three drachms, 

 should be given every four hours. It nuist be remembered that 

 no purgative medicine is admissible in respiratory diseases. The 

 bowels should always be moved ])y eiuMuns and laxative food. If 

 there is a severe cough ]U'csent, liniments of a stinudating char- 

 acter may bo employed, as (he animoiiiacal liniment. If the dis- 

 charge has a tendency to become chronic, sulphate of iron, in 



