88 DISEASES OF HORSES AND CATTLE. 



ite in a little water every two hours until the pulse 

 is slower and weaker. Also give nitrate of potas- 

 sium in half ounce doses three times a day in the 

 drinking water. Blanket the animal and bandage 

 the legs of the horse. If the cough is troublesome 

 give one dram of opium made into a ball three 

 times a day. Cold linseed tea is very useful to keep 

 the bowels regular as well as an article of food. 

 It may be necessary to give an occasional injection 

 of warm water if the bowels should become con- 

 stipated, or a pint of linseed oil. Strong purgatives 

 should not be used, as they may cause too much 

 irritation to the mucous membrane of the stom- 

 ach and bowels and so cause death. When the 

 animal becomes convalescent give one dram of sul- 

 phate of iron and thirty grains of quinine made 

 into a ball with linseed meal or bread twice daily 

 for two or three weeks. Do not put the animal to 

 work until fully recovered, and then it should be 

 worked light. 



HEAVES (BROKEInT WIND). 



Broken wind, or heaves, is distinguished by diffi- 

 cult breathing accompanied by cough. It is non- 

 inflammatory and varies according to the season 

 of the year, and how the animal is fed, and what it 

 is fed on, and the work the animal has to do. The 

 difficulty is caused by a nervous contraction of the 

 lung tissue, which also causes the cough. The 

 nerve which supplies the lung passes to the stom- 

 ach and the heart and by a deranged condition of 

 either the stomach or heart will, by reflex action, 



