270 THICK WIND. — BEOKETiT WIND. 



With respect to Broken Wind, Hay Asthma (a form of 

 disease not previously treated upon in its relation to the horse, 

 but which the reader will find some account of in the present 

 section) is frequently mistaken for it ; also derangement of 

 the pulmonary organs, within their mucous tissues, of a chronic 

 character, aggravated by the existence of chronic disease 

 resident within the mucous tissues of the digestive organs. 

 This form of disease is especially characterised by the patient 

 being inordinately thirsty, and when the opportunity offers, of 

 drinking an inordinate quantity of cold water. Although the 

 above states are frequently associated in a curable form of dis- 

 ease, yet the latter is sometimes to be observed in association 

 with Broken Wind as well — a close attention to which will 

 materially alleviate the conditions of an emphysematous lung. 



Treatment. — The cure of genuine cases of Thick Wind 

 and Broken Wind is entirely beyond the power of veterinary 

 medicine : nevertheless, medicine of the proper kind judiciously 

 administered, in association with proper hygienic treatment, 

 will at times, if the opportunity be afforded, work changes 

 little short of the marvellous. 



The best remedies in general are — ^Arsenicum 3, Nux 

 Yomica 2, Belladonna 1, Sulphur 1, aud Salad or Olive Oil. 



Aesenicijm 3. — Use this remedy of the 3rd dilution in 

 doses of 2 or 3 drachms, mixed each time with 2 or 3 ounces 

 of water. Sometimes Nux Vomica acts better than the 

 Arsenicum ; and sometimes it acts better if used in alterna- 

 tion with the latter. Use the Nux of the 2nd dilution in 

 2-drachm doses, mixed with water. 



Stjlphijb,. — Sulphur is a remedy to be given at almost any 

 stage of the disease. Use it in di'achm doses of the 1st tritura- 

 tion. It may be used either alone or in association with 

 Arsenicum. 



