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Pathognomonic Symptoms. — Occasional cMlls, pricJcing 

 of the coat, accompanied ivitJi couching and sneezing. 



Causes. — The causes are various. A very common cause 

 is that of over-riding or driving the animal, and then allowing 

 him to stand in a draught of cold air ; or placing him in a cold, 

 damp stable ; or turning him out to grass while in a state of 

 perspiration ; or riding him into water when the system is 

 exhausted ; or bringing him from grass and placing him at once 

 iu a close, warm, or ill-ventilated stable. 



Teeatment. — Those owning horses who are observant of 

 what occurs to them, ought to know the premonitory symptoms 

 of Catarrh, and by prompt measures arrest its progress. 



The premonitory signs in the generality of eases of Catarrh, 

 are dullness of the eye and the countenance ; — a faint soft 

 cough, accompanied with slight staring of the hair, and per- 

 spiration of the animal upon slight exertion. In many horses, 

 the premonitory signs ar3 simply a cough, attended with a 

 slight dimunition of the appetite. 



By attention to the animal during the incipient stages of the 

 disease, hundreds of valuable horses would be annually saved 

 which now die. 



The best remedies in general, are Camphor, Aromatic 

 Ammonia, Belladonna, and Nux Vomica. 



Camphoe, if given during the incipient stage of Catarrh 

 will frequently stop the progress of the disease. Horses which 

 have been severely worked, and at the same time exposed 

 to rain and cold draughts, should always have a small portion 

 of Camphor given to them when brought to the stable for the 

 night, it is an excellent preventative, and will amply repay the 

 trouble and cost its administration will entail. 



Grive 2 drachms of the tincture in a glass of weak whiskey 

 and water, or mix it with flour, as directed at page 146. 



