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sweet nitre may be given every 5 hours, and about 

 3 drams of chlorate and nitrate of potash should be 

 added to the drinking water. In the early stages of 

 the disease mustard poultices applied to the sides 

 give relief, but they should be discontinued later on. 

 On recovery, cod liver oil in four-ounce doses may be 

 given twice a day. 



Bronchitis is generally caused by exposure to cold, 

 though attacks can be traced to other causes. The 

 surest symptom is a distressing and almost incessant 

 cough. The inhalation of steam gives relief, and 

 this treatment may be applied, pending the arrival 

 of professional assistance. 



Roaring is an infirmity which is familiar to every 

 horse owner, and can only be cured by an operation 

 which it is quite beyond the power of an amateur to 

 conduct. 



Broken wind is also, to all intents and purposes, 

 incurable^ but its progress may be checked by a 

 course of judicious feeding on moist, but not 

 necessarily wet food, whilst occasional doses of 

 cod liver or linseed oil will be found to give relief. 

 Dusty food should always be avoided, and the animal 

 should not be set to work hard upon a full stomach, 

 this being a by no means infrequent cause of broken 

 wind. 



Diseases of the Legs and Feet. 



Unfortunately for owi ers, most horses cause trouble 

 in their legs and feet at some time or other of their 

 existence^ and unless the troubles are taken in hand 

 in time they generally increase until a serious injury 

 has been caused the animal. 



Splints are amongst the most frequent affections 

 of the leg, and consist of bony growths on the long 

 bone between the knee and the fetlock, whilst some- 

 times they appear on the back legs below the hocks. 



