288 The Care of Animals 



Severe cases of heaves are incurable, although much 

 can be done to alleviate the trouble. The treatment 

 is h3^gienic and dietetic. The quarters and food should 

 be made free from dust. In feeding, the hay should 

 be sprinkled with water. The food should be nutri- 

 tious, easily digested, but not bulky. A run at pasture 

 is excellent. 



The best medicinal treatment consists in giving 

 arsenic, in the form of Fowler's solution, beginning 

 with two teaspoonfuls in the food three times daily and 

 increasing to a tablespoonful three times daily, and 

 continuing from one to two months. The animal should 

 be closely watched for symptoms of arsenical poisoning, 

 and the medicine stopped, should any symptoms appear. 

 Other remedies are : Small doses of aloes, about a 

 dram, given as a ball every few days ; oil of tar, in 

 two -dram doses, two or three times daily. Any medi- 

 cine that promotes digestion is beneficial, — as ginger 

 root, pulverized, in tablespoonful doses three times 

 daily, or a teaspoonful of pulverized nux vomica once 

 daily. In any treatment, careful attention should be 

 given to the diet. 



ROARING, OR WHISTLING 



This disease, which afflicts horses, is due to a paral- 

 ysis of the muscles of the larynx, together with one 

 of the vocal cords. This paralysis diminishes the cali- 

 ber of the larynx to such an extent that the horse has 

 difficulty in taking sufficient air, especially when 

 exercised vigorously. 



