116 THE HOESE AND ITS DISEASES. 



Some persons consider the following better : — 



Powdered Eesin 4 drachms. 



Gringer ^ „ 



Linseed Meal 2 ,, 



Made into a ball with palm oil. 



When attended with any degree of fever, the following 

 should be given twice a day, instead of the above : — 



Digitalis I drachm. 



Mtre 3 



Tartar Emetic 1^ 



)j 



Piping. 



The seat of the disease in this stage, is higher up 

 than the former, and consists in a strict contraction of 

 the windpipe, which considerably diminishes its width. 

 The sound produced in consequence, is a sort of shrill 

 wheezing, nearly like a whistle. Blisters have sometimes 

 been found to alleviate this disease, but a complete cure 

 is quite hopeless. 



Broken ■Wind- 

 Causes. — All diseases in the lungs proceed from 

 inflammation in a greater or less degree, which, when 

 violent, if not speedily relieved, end in death ; however, 

 should this be avoided, it generally lays the foundation 

 for a chronic cough, or broken wind. 



Symptoms. — This disease is indicated by the breathing 

 of the horse, altering from its natural state, and from an 

 easy, gentle, and uniform respiration, to a painful 

 laborious heaving, and a violent agitation of the flanks. 

 On examination of the lungs of broken-winded horses, 

 there is sometimes not much diff'erence to be observed 

 between them and healthy ones, but there is always 

 some emphysematous appearance ; commonly it is con- 

 siderable, and much air is diffused throughout the 



