CHRONIC COUGH. 45 



. * CHRONIC COUGH, 



If a liarsli hollow coiigli is accompanied by a 

 staring coat; it proceeds from irritability of the 

 air -passages^ which will he discovered by the 

 horse coughing after drinking^ or when he first 

 goes out of the stable in the morning^ or by 

 occasionally snorting out thick mucus from the 

 nose, medicine may be given with advantage to 

 diminish the irritation; generally small doses 

 of digitalis, emetic tartar and nitre administered 

 at nio-ht. Take 



Digitalis J drachm, 



Emetic tartar 1 drachm, 



Nitre 1 drachm. 

 This should be mixed into a ball with tar and 

 given every night regularly for a considerable 

 length of time. A blister extending from the 

 root of one ear to that of the other, taking in 

 the whole of the channel and reaching six or 

 eight inches down the windpipe has been tried 

 with good eifect. Feeding has much infltience 

 on this complaint: too much dry meat, and es- 

 pecially chaff increases it; carrots afford decided 

 Eelief. 



