HORSE-TRAINING MADE EASY. 117 



Sweating Liniment on the sides ; keep the body 

 warm, and give no corn or corn meal. 



INFLAMMATION OF THE LUNGS. 



This disease occurs in the spring and fall, and 

 is known to horsemen as lung fever. Symptoms. 

 —Pulse quick and thready, mouth hot, the ani 

 mal hangs his head in or under the manger, legs 

 and ears cold, appetite lost, respiration quickened; 

 on applying the ear to the side a crackling sound 

 is heard. This disease requires prompt treat- 

 ment, as it frequently terminates fatally in a few 

 hours. If the animal is in a plethoric condition, 

 bleeding is attended with beneficial results. Give 

 five drops of tincture of aconite root, in a little 

 water, upon the tongue every two hours, until the 

 respiration becomes more tranquil ; apply Dr. R. 

 Jennings's Sweating Liniment to the sides. In- 

 jections of castile soap and water are very use- 

 ful; or, what is better, injections of tobacco- 

 smoke. The legs should be well hand-rubbed, 

 and stimulated (vith mustard or cayenne pepper, 

 and then wrapped in flannel bandages. 



CONGESTIVE PNEUMONIA. 



This disease is caused by some impure condi- 

 tion of the atmosphere, violent exercise, or sud- 

 den changes in the temperature of the air, &c. 

 The blood ceases to circulate through the lungs, 

 remaining there in a congested state ; the pulse 

 is full, but its action cannot be detected. Speedy 

 resort to the lancet is our only hope here. Bleed 



