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quent and stronger, the animal moves about in his 

 stall, drinks with more ease, and the appetite is 

 better, and if no complications take place the 

 horse makes a rapid recovery. On the other hand, 

 if the breathing becomes rough, fast, and labored, 

 there is swelling about the throat, and on putting 

 the ear to the windpipe a rough, harsh sound is 

 heard, laryngitis, or, it may be, bronchitis, has 

 taken place, or lung fever, inflammation of the 

 bowels, rheumatism, or heart failure. Any of 

 these complications taking place will retard recov- 

 ery or may cause death, and should be carefully 

 guarded against. 



Treatment : Give complete rest in all cases. If 

 the appetite is good, give bran mash night and 

 morning with a tablespoonful of ground ginger, 

 two ounces Epsom salts, and half an ounce of ni- 

 trate of potassium. Clothe the body and bandage 

 the legs, give all the cold water the animal wants 

 to drink and any kind of food it will eat. If the 

 cough is troublesome put a piece of camphor about 

 the size of a walnut in a pail of boiling water and 

 hold the horse's head over it for fifteen to twenty 

 minutes at a time; this should be done several 

 times a day. Also give a teaspoonful of fluid ex- 

 tract of belladonna and a teaspoonful of chlorate 

 of potassium dissolved in half a pint of water and 

 gargle the throat. If this does not relieve the 

 cough, give one dram of opium and one dram of 

 camphor, made into a ball, three times daily, or 

 give one ounce compound syrup of squills at a dose 

 three times a day. If the animal is weak and does 



