298 DISEASES OF H0RSE3. 



quick pulse, comes on, follovved hy sore throat and eviaent 

 cliHiculty of swallowing ; the discharge from the nose thick- 

 ens, increases in quantity, and assumes a yellow appeal' 

 ance. 



This complaint is usually cured in a few days. Confine 

 the horse in a stable of a mean temperature, say of from 

 50 to GO degrees, as shown by the barometer, and clothe 

 him warmly. If he be in good condition, take from him 

 two to three quarts of blood, and then give him the follow- 

 ing mixture : 



Fresh powdered aniseeds and 



carraway-seeds, one ounce each ; 



Dover's powders, - . . two drams; 



Balsam of sulphur, - - . two ounces . 



Beat the balsam of sulphur into the yolk of a hen's egg, 

 and then add the powders, mixing all well. When you 

 give it to the horse, give it in a pint of warm gruel in which 

 two table-spoonsful of treacle have been stirred. Repeat 

 it every night, or on alternate nights, for thiee times. — 

 About an hour after the drink has been administered, give 

 the horse a warm bran mash ; and repeat the mash two or 

 three times a day. 



If the cough be troublesome, give him a pectoral mix- 

 ture, made as follows : 



Elecampane, and diapente, each, - - one ounce ; 

 Cream of tartar, and nitre, each, - - one ounce; 

 Tincture of opium, half an ounce. 



Beat up, as in the former case, two ounces of balsam of 

 sulphur into the yolk of a hen's egg, and then add the oth- 

 er ingredients, mixed up all together as a kind of electua- 

 ry. — Dissolve it in a pint of warm gruel, and give it to the 

 horse in the morning, fasting : do not give him any food 

 for two hours, and then let him have a mash of scalded 

 bran and bruised oats, and warm water. Repeat this every 

 alternate day, for three times. Clothe him warmly, give 

 him warm mashes and warm water, two or three times a 

 day ; and use him to a little gentle exercise, by walking 

 him out for a short time in the middle of the day. 



Fever, and Inflammation. — In our account of the pre- 

 ceding disease, we stated that a cold or chill was usu:.Ily 

 attended with a fever or iiiflammation; but that which we 

 are now about to describe mostly arises from excess ot 

 blood, and is usuallv produced by removin<i; a horse from 



