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broken wind is almost necessarily associated. Horses 

 that are greedy feeders, or devour large quantities of 

 slightly nutritious food, or are worked with a stomach 

 distended by this food, are very subject to broken wind. 

 The agricultural horse is too often fed on the very re- 

 fuse of the farm, and his hours of feeding, and his hours 

 of work, are frequently irregular. A rapid gallop on a 

 full stomach has often produced broken wind. Flatulence, 

 and a depraved appetite, is the consequence as well as the 

 cause of broken- wind ; and there is no pathological fact 

 of more frequent occurrence than the co-existence of in- 

 digestion and flatulence with broken wind. The narrow 

 chested horse is more subject to broken-wind than the 

 broader and deeper chested one. 



Treatment. — Confirmed cases are incurable, but the 

 disease may in some degree be palliated. We must res- 

 tore digestion in order to cure indigestion. Attend 

 carefully to the feeding. The food should he in very small 

 compass, plenty of oats, soaked 4 hours, with one pint of 

 flax seed, and little hay, and this of the best quality ; 

 if moistened with fresh chamberley, it improves it. Musty 

 hay should never be given to a horse that has the heaves, 

 and water should be given in moderate quantities. The 

 horse should not be suffered to drink as much as he likes 

 until the day's work is over. Green feed will always be 

 serviceable. Carrots are particularly useful. They are 

 readily digested, and appear to have a peculiarly benefi- 

 cial effect on the respiratory system. A broken-winded 

 horse should always be watered from a bucket, regularly, 

 three times a day ; and if he be a foul feeder, arm him 

 with a muzzle, and only remove it at meal time. We oc- 

 casionally allow a small quantity of garlic, say a couple 

 of heads every other day, chopped fine, and mixed in the 

 food. One drachm of tincture of aromatic sulphuric 

 acid in a pint of water, night and morning, will be at- 

 tended with good results. In the mean time we put the 



