32 COLDS AND COUGHS. 



Causes of Colds and Coughs. 



CHAP. VIII. 



OF COLDS AND COUGHS. 



Catarrh, or cold, is a complaint well under- 

 stood by those persons who are accustomed to 

 horses, and requires but little description. Colds 

 are the effect of an obstructed perspiration, which 

 mcreases the secretion of the mucous membrane 

 of the nose. They are frequently occasioned by an 

 immoderate exposure to the weather ; from drink- 

 ing cold water after violent exercise, or by goitig 

 into rivers and ponds when overheated. Most per- 

 sons believe and know, that cold water is dangerous 

 for horses that are heated with violent exercise; 

 that is to say, when they are permitted to drink 

 their fill, and afterwards to stand till cold. This 

 is very dangerous, and is often the source of many 

 incurable diseases. Yet a horse when travelling 

 post, or overheated in the hot season of the year, 



