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Jiuing membranes, instead of presenting the normal pink 

 colour, look decidedly red. Sneezing will occur; the 

 nose will discharge ; the eyes appear watery, and the 

 cough will sound hard and dry. The action of the 

 bowels will in some cases be impaired, and the animal 

 will droop his head and present a '" sorry for himself" 

 sort of appearance. The inflammation may either begin 

 in the throat or extend to it. Horses coming off grass 

 are peculiarly apt to catch cold, and mainly because of 

 the pernicious habit, due to ignorance, of not providing 

 for the freest ingress of fresh air into the stables. I 

 have never known a horse to catch cold on being turned 

 out to grass. 



The treatment in the incipient stages is isolation in 

 a thoroughly ventilated loose box, and good nursing (see 

 Nursing). Corn and hay must be stopped, and warm 

 mashes and green-meat substituted. The body and legs 

 will require to be kept warm. An ounce of powdered 

 nitre in the night mash — preferably a linseed mash — 

 wall counteract the feverish symptoms, and this may be 

 repeated twice or three times if necessary. When con- 

 stipation is present the safest medicine is two ounces of 

 sulphate of magnesia night and morning. This can bo 

 given in the food. Purgative medicine should never be 

 resorted to in such cases. 



When the throat is evidently very sore, the indications 

 cf which are abnormal heat of the mouth, difficult v in 



