148 The Horse Farriee. 



3. The third variety has been named epidemic "bron- 

 chitis^ This variety is remarkable for the emission of 

 copious discharges from the nose, at one time tm-ning 

 yellow, at another green, and then again white. In this 

 form the disorder is exceedingly apt to assume the 

 chronic type, and, after continumg for a length of time, 

 to leave the animal reduced in flesh, and much debilitated. 

 Heaves may be the result of bronchitis, wliich leaves 

 the upper air passages in a contracted state, or else thick 

 ens their lining membrane. The natural termination of 

 this disease, if unchecked, is in pneumonia. 



Treatment, in the active stage, may be the same as in 

 pneumonia or drachm doses of powdered lobelia seeds 

 twice a day, with warmth and moisture to the external 

 surface until we know that it has taken effect fi-om the soft- 

 ness of the pulse, by demulcent, such as shppery elm. 

 Counter irritants applied in the vicinity of the throat or 

 chest will afford relief; when a relaxing effect is desired, 

 use one pint of vinegar to 2 ounces of powdered lobelia ; 

 let it ivarm over a slow fire, and apply to the throat two 

 or three times a day ; encircle the throat with a piece of 

 soft flannel. Keep the bowels loose by sloppy diet, sea- 

 soned with salt. Fine feed scalded and given to the animal 

 while warm, is beneficial, or instead of the above a blis- 

 ter applied over the brisket and sides, and up the trached 

 to the larynx, will afford relief. 



CATARRH. 



Catarrh frequently arises from exposures, or changes 

 so trifling, that they would not be supposed of the least 

 importance by one unaccustomed to horses. Some sup- 

 pose that cold and exposure are the sole causes of catarrh ; 

 yet it is a well-known fact, that many horses take cold, 

 even though they have not, within several days, some 



