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COUGH. 



What I mean here by cough is not that 'which ac-^ 

 coinpaiiies other conipliiints, as infiamniaiion of the 

 huigs, glanders, nor yet broken or eveiH thicii hind ; 

 though the cough 1 iiere mean frequently is a fore- 

 runner of both these affections. But sometimes, witir 

 out any difiiculty of breathuig, ahorse has a perman- 

 ent cough, which is usually more coiiSideiabie night 

 or morning, after eating or drinking, or on &.'.:y vio- 

 lent exertion. It is very commonly the efiect of a 

 cold, v.'hich leaves such an irritable state of the wind- 

 pipe, that, vv'hen cold air is breathed, the diflerencc 

 of tensperature between the inspired and the expired, 

 occasions repeated convulsive efforts of the chest to 

 cet rid of the oii'eridinjj cause. When a cough of this 

 description has contiriUtd a considerable time, it is 

 often found veiv obstinate. In these cases it is some- 

 times the effect of worms, and gives way tiien to the 

 proper worm medicines descrihed under that head. 

 But when an obstinate hard dry cough exhibits no 

 appearance of worms, then the cure should be began 

 by bleeding. Someumcs blistering the throat is found 

 useful. Alteratives as the following: calomel one 

 scruple, povvdered opium three grains, powdered fox- 

 glove one scrupic; tartar emetic tv.'o drams. Give ail 

 tiiese every night in a mash. Carrots instead of corn 

 will often prove useful in these cases. I have also ex- 

 perienced good elfccts from a drink given every day 

 composed of a pint of tar-water, with a pint of lime- 

 water, and an egg beaten therewith ; but the medi- 

 cines that have succeeded best with me are the 

 , Cough Balls [page 15], which not only relieve 

 and remove this species of cough, but likev, ise allevi- 



